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In 2011, the Dorothea Mackellar Poetry Awards will be judged by author Joanne Horniman and children’s writer Sally Murphy.
Joanne Horniman
Joanne Horniman writes young adult novels. She is the author of numerous books including the 2002 CBC Honour Book, Mahalia, and Secret Scribbled Notebooks, which was shortlisted in the Older Readers section of the 2005 CBC Book of the Year Awards, and won the 2005 Queensland Premier’s Literary Award for best Young Adult Novel.
She has worked as the Assistant Editor on the NSW Department of School Education’s School Magazine, lectured in children’s literature and writing to trainee teachers, taught adult literacy at TAFE, and been a judge for the NSW Premier’s Awards.
Sally Murphy
Sally Murphy is a poet and author of verse novels, picture books and more – thirty books in total. Her first verse novel, Pearl Verses the World, was a 2010 Honour Book in the CBCA Children’s Book Awards, and her second, Toppling, won the Mary Ryan Award, 2010, in the Queensland Premier’s Literary Awards.
Sally teaches English and drama, and also runs popular book review site, Aussiereviews.com. When she’s not teaching or reading, Sally is a busy mum, with six kids, a husband and a dog.