Chrissie Perry
Chrissie was born in 1964, in Melbourne. She grew up, mainly in Doncaster and is one of five daughters. She is number four.
Chrissie is the author of over thirty books for Children and Young Adults, including thirteen books in the popular Go Girl series (under Chrissie Perry) and the award winning Whisper.
She lives in inner city Melbourne with her husband, three children who are stubbornly refusing to stay young and an opinionated Maltese Shitzu called Gidget.
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E.B. White
Elwyn Brooks White was a leading American essayist, author, humorist, poet and literary stylist and author of such beloved children's classics as Charlotte's Web, Stuart Little, and The Trumpet of the Swan. He graduated from Cornell University in 1921 and, five or six years later, joined the staff of The New Yorker magazine. He authored over seventeen books of prose and poetry and was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1973.
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