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Trusting Wawa (Kids’ Night In)
Bill Condon is an Australian author, playwright, poet and for a time a newspaper journalist.
He was born in 1949 and left school at the first chance he got, working in various jobs not requiring many qualifications, however his real dream was to become a writer.
He has written more than eighty books, including several collections of plays and poetry, as well as short stories, novels and works of non-fiction.
Many of his published books were written for young readers. In 2001, his book Miss Wolf and the Porkers won the KOALA (Kids Own Australian Literature Awards) in the younger readers category. Two of his works, Dogs and No Worries were Honour Books in the older readers category of the Children’s Book Council Book of the Year Awards.
In 2010, Bill won the Prime Minister’s Literary Award in the inaugural category of young adult fiction with his novel Confession of a Liar, Thief and Failed Sex God.
When not writing, Bill plays tennis, snooker, and Scrabble, but hardly ever at the same time. His dream is to receive a wildcard invitation to play tennis at Wimbledon – if nothing else, his knees would provide great comic relief for the spectators.
He lives in the seaside town of Woonona on the south coast of New South Wales in Australia with his wife, the well-known children’s author Di (Dianne) Bates.
Trusting Wawa (Kids’ Night In)
Bill Condon is an Australian author, playwright, poet and for a time a newspaper journalist.
He was born in 1949 and left school at the first chance he got, working in various jobs not requiring many qualifications, however his real dream was to become a writer.
He has written more than eighty books, including several collections of plays and poetry, as well as short stories, novels and works of non-fiction.
Many of his published books were written for young readers. In 2001, his book Miss Wolf and the Porkers won the KOALA (Kids Own Australian Literature Awards) in the younger readers category. Two of his works, Dogs and No Worries were Honour Books in the older readers category of the Children’s Book Council Book of the Year Awards.
In 2010, Bill won the Prime Minister’s Literary Award in the inaugural category of young adult fiction with his novel Confession of a Liar, Thief and Failed Sex God.
When not writing, Bill plays tennis, snooker, and Scrabble, but hardly ever at the same time. His dream is to receive a wildcard invitation to play tennis at Wimbledon – if nothing else, his knees would provide great comic relief for the spectators.
He lives in the seaside town of Woonona on the south coast of New South Wales in Australia with his wife, the well-known children’s author Di (Dianne) Bates.
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