Cristy Burne
| Name | Cristy Burne |
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| Email Address | cj@cristyburne.com |
| Profession | Writer/editor |
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| Country | Australia |
| State | WA |
| Suburb | Victoria Park |
| Website | http://www.cristyburne.com |
| Biography | Cristy Burne is a science writer and author of Takeshita Demons, winner of the 2009 Frances Lincoln Diverse Voices Children's Book Award. She has worked as editor of CSIRO's Scientriffic magazine, as a performer with the Shell Questacon Science Circus, and as Santa's pixie for a major department store. In 2006, Cristy was selected for a Young and Emerging Writer's Residency at Varuna House, and in 2008 she won the Voices on the Coast Children's Writing Competition. Cristy has lived and worked in Japan, Switzerland, the U.K, Australia and New Zealand. Takeshita Demons is the first in Cristy's series of rollicking adventures featuring yokai, the mythological demons and creatures of Japan. |
| Publication History | Books Takeshita Demons (2010, Frances Lincoln Childrens Books) Takeshita Demons: The Filth Licker (2011, Frances Lincoln Childrens Books) Takeshita Demons: Monster Matsuri (2012, Frances Lincoln Childrens Books) Editing I have worked as editor of Scientriffic magazine and International Science Grid This Week (now The Digital Scientist). Science, travel and feature articles Published in Cosmos, Australian Biotechnology News, Resource Stocks, BiotechnologyNews.net, Farming Ahead, ScienceMax, Smithsonian’s Kids Castle, CSIRO’s Helix and Scientriffic, the Qantas in-flight magazine, Perth Woman, The Canberra Times’ CT Mag, Scoop Traveller, Champion News, Cravings, Outdoor Australia, ft.Myers, DestinAsian, Japanese magazines Kansai Time Out and Metropolis, and more. |