Category
page 1Australian women children's writers
P. L. Travers
Australian-British novelist, actress and journalist (1899–1996)
Ellyse Perry
Born 1990, Australian sportswoman
Liane Moriarty
Australian author
Patricia Wrightson
Australian children's writer (1921–2010)
Ruth Park
New Zealand-born Australian writer (1917–2010)
Ethel Turner
Australian writer (1872–1958)
Randa Abdel-Fattah
contemporary Australian writer of novels for young adults
Jennifer Rowe
Australian fiction writer, for children as Emily Rodda (pseudonym), mystery for adults as Jennifer Rowe (real name)
May Gibbs
Australian author and illustrator (1877–1969)
Margo Lanagan
Australian writer
Melina Marchetta
Australian teen writer

Frieda Hughes
English-born Australian poet and painter (born 1960)
Ethel Pedley
Australian writer
Carole Wilkinson
Australian writer, of children's fiction mainly
Nan Chauncy
English-Australian children's writer (1900-1970)
Jackie French
Australian author
Elyne Mitchell
Australian writer

Gaye Dell
Australian artist and hurdler
Margaret Wild
Australian children's writer
Carmel Charles
writer, Last fluent speaker of Nyulnyul (1912–1999)

Mary Grant Bruce
Australian children's writer; journalist
Irena Sibley
writer and illustrator (1943-2009)
Mem Fox
Australian academic and children's writer known for picture books
Elizabeth Honey
Australian writer (born 1947)