My new crime novel, published by Verve Books, is out now!

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Email: sherrylc1 (at) optusnet (dot) com (dot) au

NEWS

2018 is proving to be another busy year. I have completed my PhD at Victoria University in Melbourne, and will graduate with the floppy hat in August!

My picture book, The Night Tiger, is almost done. I can't wait to see the illustrations by Michael Camilleri.

I am starting to do a lot more editing and manuscript assessment work, as well as some mentoring. And I continue to teach at VU Polytechnic, although after 22 years, maybe it's time to put away my 'chalk'.

I have a new verse novel completed - The Dangerous Kind. It is in six voices, and the initial idea came from the Robber's Cave experiments back in the 1950s. Stay tuned - I hope it will be published. It's dangerous and experimental, so we shall see.

I'm off to the UK and Europe later in the year to travel and do research for a new historical novel. Can't wait!

2014

I've completed my Master of Fine Arts in Writing for Children and YA at Hamline University in Minnesota, so I was flying to the USA every six months for an intensive residency, as well as teaching and doing school visits.

My verse novel, Runaways, was out in April 2013. The last Littlest Pirate story - The Littlest Pirate and the Stinky Ship - out in February. Many of us (kids, teachers, parents, writers) are very sad that the Nibbles series will no longer be published. I feel very privileged to have another LP story as one of the last.

In 2012, Meet Rose, my first book in the Our Australian Girl series, was shortlisted for the NSW Premier's History Awards! All four Rose books are now out, and I'm currently researching and writing for the new series, Do You Dare, which is for boys. My character, Jimmy, lives in Yarraville in 1915. Both my grandfather and great-uncle served in World War 1, and the research has brought me much closer to their experiences.


I've just completed a huge round of school visits - thanks to all the schools including Ivanhoe East PS, Deans Marsh PS, Forrest PS, Simpson PS, Billanook College, Kallista PS, Tintern Girls School and Christ Church Grammar.

Also huge thanks to St Mary's Primary School in Altona who hosted the book launch for Pirate X! Photos below:

In April 2010 I attended the Association of Writing Programs Conference in Denver, and went on to South and North Carolina to explore the world of pirates.

This is me at the Beaufort Maritime Museum, with a fantastic model of Blackbeard's ship, Queen Anne's Revenge, which was sunk in the inlet nearly 300 years ago! Part of my research for Pirate X, to be published in 2011.

This is the famous red velvet cake, spotted in a cafe in Charleston, SC. Not part of my research, but still beautiful.

My latest books are featured on my Books page.
Bone Song has been reviewed in READING TIME and VIEWPOINT.

Sherryl in Hong Kong 2009

CHECK OUT MY NEW WEBSITE - POETRY4KIDS
It has all sorts of poetry things on it, including poems, writing ideas, and very soon it will also have poems to listen to - when I master loading up audio files and getting them to sound good!

TextConnection is out there and travelling.
Susanna Bryceson and I have a new business, focused on providing writing courses and training in editing and book production. In 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009, we took our special manuals and training to Hong Kong - we'll return there in November 2010 to further develop the business. See information on this venture here.