David McRobbie
| David McRobbie | |
|---|---|
| Born | David Hewitt McRobbie September 17, 1934 Glasgow, Scotland |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | Australia |
| Genre | children's books |
David McRobbie is an Australian writer of television, radio and children's literature.
McRobbie was born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1934. In 1958 he moved to Australia and worked as a teacher in the 1960s in Papua New Guinea. He is currently a full-time writer but has previously worked as a television and radio producer, a ship's engineer, and a college lecturer. McRobbie's first published work was in 1976 with a collection of stories, entitled Talking Tree and Other Stories. In 1991 he started writing the series of Wayne which he adapted in 1996 into a television series entitled The Wayne Manifesto. In 2000 he created the television series Eugenie Sandler P.I. and was short-listed for the Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Award for older readers for his novel, Tyro. In 2002 his novel Mum, Me, and the 19th C was a finalist for the Aurealis Award for best young-adult novel.
Wayne series
Other novels
Source: Fantastic Fiction, ISFDB
Source: IMDB
Aurealis Awards
two children's awards from the school of the arts sydney Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Award
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