Dianne Wolfer

Summary

Dianne is an award-winning author of 23 books for young readers and teenagers, with three new titles published in 2022; 'The Last Light Horse' (Fremantle Press), 'Mia: Through my Eyes Australian Disaster Zones'. (Allen and Unwin), and 'Skye-Blackburn-Lang: Eating bugs for the planet' (Wild Dingo Press). Dianne's work has been adapted for stage, street theatre and is optioned for film. Her doctoral research into anthropomorphism and animal characters in children's literature was selected as a Board of the Graduate Research School Dean's List Winner in 2017, and led to two books, 'The Dog with Seven Names' and 'The Shark Caller'. Dianne loves historical fiction, animal stories, and visiting readers in communities across Australia and beyond.

Biography

Dianne is author of 23 books, including 2019 Speech Pathology Award-winning, The Dog with Seven Names (also published in Chinese), and CBCA Notable In the Lamplight the third title in her ‘Light’ Series. In the Lamplight joins Lighthouse Girl and Light Horse Boy (which inspired Black Swan Theatre’s, The Lighthouse Girl and Perth street theatre, The Giants). Dianne writes across genres. Her fantasy quest novel, The Shark Caller was sparked by the ancient practice of calling sharks and is optioned for film. Nanna’s Button Tin a gentle picture book story is about searching for a special button. Dianne completed PhD research into anthropomorphism and loves talking about Animal Characters in Children’s Literature. Her latest titles both link to sustainability and climate change: 'Mia: Through my Eyes - Australian Disaster Zones' and 'Skye Blackburn-Lang: Eating bugs for the planet' is part of the Aussie STEM Stars series. 'Scout and the Rescue Dogs', a middle-grade novel will be released in 2023, as well as a CineStage adaptation of the 'Light' series by Theatre180. More details at www.diannewolfer.com and www.animalswhotalk.com.

Relevant qualifications

PhD Creative Writing (UWA),
Teacher

Recent experience

- guest speaker - Celebrate Reading Conference 2022 at The Literature Centre, Fremantle (Oct 28-29)
- Bookshop event -The Book Cow, Canberra (Sept 28, 2022)
- guest presenter - Scribblers Festival, Perth (Sept 14-17, 2022)
- guest presenter - Quantum Words, Perth (Sept 18)
- school sessions - Rockhampton, Qld (August 2022)