PAMELA FREEMAN
Pamela Freeman is an award-winning children's author. Her books have been shortlisted for the State Literary Awards, the Children's Book Council Book of the Year Awards, and the Koala Awards. They range from picture books to fantasy for primary and lower secondary students to non-fiction for teenagers. She is best known for her series of fantasy novels, the Floramonde books (The Willow Tree's Daughter, Windrider and The Centre of Magic, so far) and for an associated junior novel, Victor's Quest. Pamela's distinctive stories are notable for their humour and earthy wisdom. Her strong female characters use good common sense and a pinch of magic, not force, to achieve their ends.

Pamela came to writing for children through her work as a scriptwriter for ABC Television, working on programs such as For the Juniors, Swap Shop, Satch! Your Language and PowerHouse. She began publishing short stories through the NSW School Magazine, and some of those stories formed the basis for her first book, The Willow Tree's Daughter.

Her most recent titles include Pole to Pole (illustrated by Philip Blythe), Cherryblossom and the Golden Bear (illustrated by Beth Norling), The Black Dress, and Fire to Life (illustrated by Philip Blythe)

As well as writing children's novels, Pamela works as a business communications consultant, technical writer, scriptwriter and writer for the Internet. She has worked as a scriptwriter for the ABC and the Powerhouse Museum, and taught communications and creative writing at the University of Technology, Sydney and University of New South Wales. In 1998 she received a Fellowship from the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust to do research in the US and Canada.

Pamela is available for general talks about her work as well as workshops on creative writing, writing for television, writing for business and interactive writing. All of these workshops are suitable for students and adults and she also offers sessions on writing for children and teaching writing specifically for adults. As one school said, [She is] 'a great storyteller/entertainer - someone who makes a strong impact and encourages reluctant readers.' For more information see the Allen & Unwin web site.

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