Elaine Forrestal
Elaine Forrestal (born 1941)[1] is a Western Australian writer of books for children and young adults, including her 1996 book, Someone Like Me.
Career[edit]
Elaine Forrestal was born in Perth, Western Australia in 1941.[2] She graduated with a Bachelor of Education and Diploma of Teaching from Edith Cowan University.[3] She worked as a school teacher prior to taking up full-time writing in 1999.[3][4] She also holds a higher degree in creative writing from the University of Western Australia.[3]
Forrestal began publishing short stories in 1983. The Watching Lake, published in 1991, was her first novel[3] and was shortlisted for the 1992 Western Australian Premier's Book Awards.[2]
In 2012 Forrestal was presented with the Muriel Barwell Award for Distinguished Service to Children's Literature by the Western Australian branch of the Children's Book Council of Australia.[2]
Her papers, including manuscripts and correspondence, are held in the State Library of Western Australia.[4]
Awards and recognition[edit]
Someone Like Me[edit]
- Winner, West Australian Young Readers' Book Award – Hoffman Award, 1997[2]
- Winner, CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award: Younger Readers, 1998[2]
- Shortlisted, YABBA – Fiction for Older Readers, 1999[2]
Selected works[edit]
- The Watching Lake, Puffin, 1991
- Someone Like Me, Puffin, 1996
- Leaving No Footprints, Puffin, 2001
- Miss Llewellyn Jones, Fremantle Press, 2008
- Black Jack Anderson, Penguin, 2008
- Goldfields Girl, Fremantle Press, 2020
References[edit]
- ^ "Forrestal, Elaine (1941–)". Trove, The National Library of Australia. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f "Elaine Forrestal". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
- ^ a b c d "Elaine Forrestal". Writing WA. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
- ^ a b "Forrestal, Elaine (1941–)" (PDF). State Library of Western Australia. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 January 2018. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
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