Katrina Nannestad is a multi-award-winning Australian author. Her books include the CBCA-shortlisted We Are Wolves , The Girl Who Brought Mischief , The Travelling Bookshop series, The Girl, the Dog and the Writer series, the Frances Bloom series, the Olive of Groves series, the Red Dirt Diaries series, the Lottie Perkins series, The Story Writer's Handbook: Adventures in Creative Writing , the historical novels Rabbit, Soldier, Angel, Thief , Waiting for the Storks , Silver Linings and All the Beautiful Things , and the picture book, A Song for the King .Katrina grew up in country New South Wales in a neighbourhood stuffed full of happy children. Her adult years have been spent raising boys, teaching, daydreaming and pursuing her love of stories. Katrina celebrates family, friendship and belonging in her writing. She also loves creating stories that bring joy or hope to other people's lives.Katrina now lives on a hillside in central Victoria with her husband, a silly whippet called Olive and a mob of kangaroos.www.

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