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Dawn Barker Dawn Barker i(A153114 works by)
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Scotland,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe, ;
Gender: Female
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Dr Dawn Barker is a child psychiatrist who works with families affected by mental illness. She grew up in Scotland, and studied Medicine at Aberdeen University. In 2001 she moved to Australia, completed her psychiatric training and began writing. She has published non-fiction articles on parenting and child psychology for various websites and magazines.

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y separately published work icon Fractured Sydney : Hachette Australia , 2012 Z1928630 2012 single work novel 'Tony is worried. His wife, Anna, isn't coping with their newborn. Anna had wanted a child so badly and, when Jack was born, they were both so happy. They'd come home from the hospital a family. Was it really only six weeks ago? But Anna hasn't been herself since. One moment she's crying, the next she seems almost too positive. It must be normal with a baby, he'd thought? She's just adjusting. But now Anna and Jack are missing. And Tony realises that something is really wrong.' (Publisher's blurb)
2014 shortlisted Western Australian Premier's Book Awards — Premier's Prize for an Emerging Writer
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