Christine harris author biography sample

  • Christine Harris has written over 50 books.
  • Christine Harris, PhD, is the author of a series of three developmental Journals published by Chronicle Books.
  • PERSONAL: Born August 5, 1955, in South Australia, Australia; daughter of Glenn (a carpenter) and Martha (a homemaker; maiden name, Gallacher) Brown;.

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    Bib ID:
    6327989
    Format:
    Picture
    Author:
    Scannell, Reece, 1954-, photographer
    Online Access:
    National Library of Australia digitised item
    Description:
    • 1996
    • 1 online resource (1 photograph) : TIFF file, black and white
    Series:
    Scannell, Reece, 1954- Portraits of various significant Australians, 1988-2000
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    Mode of access: Online.
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    Christine Harris born 1955 is an Australian author of children's books, novels and short stories.--Information from reference sources.

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    • Part of the collection: Portraits of various significant Australians, 1988-2000.
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    Scannell, Reece, 1954-
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  • christine harris author biography sample

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    Harris, Christine 1955-

    PERSONAL: Born August 5, 1955, in South Australia, Australia; daughter of Glenn (a carpenter) and Martha (a homemaker; maiden name, Gallacher) Brown; married David William Harris (a writer), July 6, 1989; children: Samuel Reynolds, Jennifer Reynolds. Education: Graduated from Dover Gardens Girls' Technical High School; College of Technical and Further Education, certificate (creative writing). Hobbies and other interests: Cottage gardening, swimming, bush-walking, shi ba shi.

    ADDRESSES: Office—P.O. Box 478, Mt. Barker, South Australia 5251, Australia. Agent—Lyn Tranter, Australian Literary Management, 2-A Booth St., Balmain, New South Wales 2041, Australia. E-mail—[email protected].

    CAREER: Warooka Community Hall, Warooka, Australia, caretaker, 1985-86; Jenny Piper Promotions, staff member, 1986-87; Myer Bookstore, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, sales assistant, 1990-94; writer, 1995—. Also works occasionally as a photographer, with work published in newspapers including Australian, Herald Sun, and Australian Airways magazine.

    MEMBER: Australian Society of Authors, South Australian Writers' Centre, Ekidnas (children's book writers' group), Royal Geographical Society.

    AWARDS, HONORS: Golden Gateway Literary Award;

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    150 pages
    ISBN 978-0-646-48531-7
    Vendor: Christine Harris/Launch Press

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