Anne Morgan (author) facts for kids

Anne Therese Morgan is an Australian author. She writes exciting books and plays for children. She also writes poetry. Anne was born on November 16, 1954.

About Anne Morgan

Early Life and Education

Anne Morgan was born in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. She went to school there and later studied to become a teacher. She learned to teach English, Drama, and Biology. She completed her teaching studies between 1972 and 1975.

Teaching and Acting Career

Anne started her teaching career at Burnie High School. After that, she taught in faraway places in the Northern Territory. In 1978, she even traveled around Queensland as an actor. She performed for schools with the Queensland Theatre Company. Later, she returned to Hobart to teach young people who were looking for jobs.

In the early 1980s, Anne earned a Master of Education degree from the University of Tasmania. She also worked for the Australian government in Hobart for fourteen years. In 2008, she completed her PhD in Writing at Edith Cowan University in Perth. She received a special award for her research in 2009.

Becoming a Children's Author

Anne Morgan's first picture book for children was The Glow Worm Cave. It was published in 1999 and had illustrations by Belinda Kurczok. Since then, she has published seven more stories for kids. These include the popular Captain Clawbeak series. Random House Australia published these books.

Her book, The Smallest Carbon Footprint in the Land & Other Ecotales, came out in 2013. Gay McKinnon illustrated this book. Another book, The Sky Dreamer, was published in 2011. A Swiss artist named Celine Eimann illustrated it. A French version of The Sky Dreamer was also released in 2011. This book tells the story of a young boy dealing with sadness after his sister passes away.

Anne Morgan also writes poetry. Her first full collection of poems, A Reckless Descent from Eternity, was published in 2009. Today, Anne lives on Bruny Island in Tasmania. She spends her time writing full-time.

Awards and Recognition

Anne Morgan has received several awards for her writing:

• In 2014, she was an equal winner of The Wilderness Society's Environmental Children's Book of the Year. This was for her book The Smallest Carbon Footprint in the Land and Other Ecotales.
• She received the Edith Cowan University Faculty of Education and the Arts Postgraduate Research Medal in 2009.
• In 2009, she was Highly Commended in the Wildcare Tasmania international Nature Writing Award.
• Her book Captain Clawbeak and the Red Herring was featured in the NSW School Magazine's Bookshelf of Forty Excellent Books in 2007.
• She was Highly Commended in Island's Gwen Harwood Poetry Prize in 2006.
• In 2001, she won The S.A.E. Strom Maritime Short Story Award.
• Her book The Glow Worm Cave was shortlisted for the Wilderness Society's Environment Children's Literature Award in 2000.
• She won The Banjo Paterson Open Poetry Prize in 1999.