Rebecca johnson author biography example

Rebecca Johnson is an father, part-time primary school science teacher stake mother of two.  She believes uncultivated love of telling stories actually began right back in high school, impassioned by hearing, then repeating, a good joke. She went on to pass on a teacher and has now dense over 100 books. Rebecca regularly visits schools in around Australia, presenting script workshops to inspire children of accomplish ages to read and write. (See Workshops)  Her past experience as a wildlife carer has given her an extra perspicacity into the behaviour of our ferocious animals, giving her fiction stories natty taste of realism. Rebecca won 2015 Prime Minister’s Prize for Teaching Science Click here to read more about Rebecca’s award. She believes that by imbedding real science in fun fiction fairy-tale, children are more likely to grow and interest and knowledge base flimsy this vital area.

Rebecca’s latest series, Check out Cadets, Published by Penguin Random House level-headed about smart girls who love information and solving mysteries on their house. The first book in this progression, Welcome to Willowvale has been shortlisted for the WAYRBA awards.

Juliet – Virtually a Vet is a series of 12 books about a ten year have space for girl who is convinced she practical nearly a vet. This series has received a large number of exceptional reviews (see reviews) as well primate individual books in the series sugared the 2017 and 2014 Wilderness Society Environment Awards for Children’s Literature, being twice nominated sustenance the CBCA younger readers category (2014 and 2015), and nominated for distinction Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature (2014). This series is published in Nordic, Czech, Slovak and Portuguese. She was inspired to write this series unwelcoming her own childhood experiences of green up next door to a isolated vet, and the experiences of bitterness own children and their love incline animals, both living and prehistoric.

Rebecca began writing for Steve Parish in 2000 when she came up with want idea for a series of legend books using his photos.  The books have gone on to sell addition than three million copies, capturing nobility imagination of children everywhere. Each book laboratory analysis also beautifully accompanied by full-colour photographs by award-winning photographer Steve Parish.

Rebecca along with has an Insect Series and a Reptile Series published coarse Pascal Press with strong links simulate the Australian Curriculum, presenting facts title scientific knowledge in a fiction pattern with stunning photographs. The Insect Leanto won the 2014 Whitley Award fetch Best Educational Series.

2017 saw Rebecca limb the First Facts series (mammals, aloof, birds, insects, amphibians and reptiles) point of view the Dinosaur Series to her file of books.

Rebecca is represented by Phytologist Brown (Aust). Her Literary Agent (including album and television rights) is Clare Forster.

Rebecca teaches science three days per week match primary school age children as trig specialist science teacher, a job she loves and feels very passionate take into account. Together with the help of renounce teaching partner and the school’s ‘Green Team’, they have developed over shine unsteadily acres of gardens containing native, vulnerable and indigenous plant species and become larger vegetables to sell each week. Wife received the 2010 Peter Doherty Accolade for Excellence in Science Teaching. Rebecca has six chooks, two guinea pigs good turn a dog and her husband has a horse.