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The Tough Guy (Kids’ Night In)
Allan Ballie was born in Scotland in the UK, but moved to Australia with his family aged seven.
They lived in several different areas, eventually settling in Melbourne. He began writing stories for fun while still at school and is now one of Australia’s most successful children’s writers.
His novels which include Little Brother(1986) The China Coin (1992) Saving Abbie(2000) and Treasure Hunters(2002)have won him acclaim, awards and international recognition.
His books have found success in Japan, Sweden, Holland, Germany, France, Spain, the United Kingdom, the United States, New Zealand and South Africa.
His most recent books for Penguin include a collection of short stories, A Taste of Cockroach (2005) and Castles (2005), a picture book for young children, illustrated by Caroline Magerl.
Allan’s novel, Krakatoa Lighthouse, won the 2010 NSW Premier’s Literary Patricia Wrightson Award. Outpost …………………..
Allan spends most of his time with his wife Agnes in Avalon, north of Sydney, but they travel regularly to far-flung places, including Anak Krakatoa, the Son of Krakatoa, which they climbed during a quiet period.
In the late 1960s Baillie travelled extensively in Asia while working on various journalistic assignments. These experiences, particularly those in Cambodia, inspired his book Little Brother (1985), which dealt with two brothers separated during the civil war in that country.
He was injured in a swimming pool accident near Sydney in 2010.
The Tough Guy (Kids’ Night In)
Allan Ballie was born in Scotland in the UK, but moved to Australia with his family aged seven.
They lived in several different areas, eventually settling in Melbourne. He began writing stories for fun while still at school and is now one of Australia’s most successful children’s writers.
His novels which include Little Brother(1986) The China Coin (1992) Saving Abbie(2000) and Treasure Hunters(2002)have won him acclaim, awards and international recognition.
His books have found success in Japan, Sweden, Holland, Germany, France, Spain, the United Kingdom, the United States, New Zealand and South Africa.
His most recent books for Penguin include a collection of short stories, A Taste of Cockroach (2005) and Castles (2005), a picture book for young children, illustrated by Caroline Magerl.
Allan’s novel, Krakatoa Lighthouse, won the 2010 NSW Premier’s Literary Patricia Wrightson Award. Outpost …………………..
Allan spends most of his time with his wife Agnes in Avalon, north of Sydney, but they travel regularly to far-flung places, including Anak Krakatoa, the Son of Krakatoa, which they climbed during a quiet period.
In the late 1960s Baillie travelled extensively in Asia while working on various journalistic assignments. These experiences, particularly those in Cambodia, inspired his book Little Brother (1985), which dealt with two brothers separated during the civil war in that country.
He was injured in a swimming pool accident near Sydney in 2010.
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