Ursula Dubosarsky is a Sydney-based author who has been publishing since 1989.
The Cambridge Guide to Children's Books in English describes her as "one of the most original voices in Australian writing for young people."
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The Word Spy has won the NSW Premier's Literary Awards 2009! To quote NSW Premier Nathan Rees:
"This wonderful book explains the use and history of words in a way that is as enjoyable as it is informative. While it was written for primary-aged children it will appeal to all ages," he said.
"This, her fifth NSW Premier's Literary Award, means Ursula Dubosarsky has now won more NSW Premier's Literary Awards than any other writer in the awards' 30 year history," Mr Rees said.
Ursula outside the NSW Art Gallery at the Premier's Literary Awards
The Word Spy has also been shortlisted for the Children's Book Council of Australia awards for non-fiction.
HERE COMES THE PLOP!
Ursula's new rhyming picture book The Terrible Plop, illustrated by Andrew Joyner, has been chosen for The Little Big Book Club. And PLOP! the Windmill Theatre musical has played to packed houses in Adelaide and Brisbane and is coming soon to Canberra. Here's what the US Publishers Weekly blog has to say about The Terrible Plop.
Hurray! Rex has been chosen again in 2009 and for the Children's Choice Book Awards Shortlist! Click here for "Rex" activities!
Ursula reading "Rex" to school children
Ursula's novel The Red Shoe is based on the 1954 Australian Cold War spy scandal, the Petrov Affair. This event has inspired several other Australian creative works, including Noelle Janaczewska's play Mrs Petrov's Shoe; Lee Whitmore's animation The Safe House, narrated by Noni Hazelhurst; Andrew Croome's Document Z, winner of the 2008 Vogel Award; and the 1987 television mini-series, The Petrov Affair.
Read here Ursula's most recent article in The Age, about darkness and the writer of "The Cunning Little Vixen".
