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Emma Quay Emma Quay i(A51758 works by)
Gender: Female
Arrived in Australia: 1993
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BiographyHistory

Emma Quay grew up near Cambridge, England, graduating with an Honours degree in Graphic Design from Newcastle upon Tyne Polytechnic, specialising in illustration and printmaking. She has travelled extensively in Morocco, India, Nepal and Bhutan, while working as a freelance illustrator.

After moving to Sydney, she worked with publisher, Mark Macleod. Quay was awarded a residential fellowship by the Eleanor Dark Foundation at Varuna, The Writers' House in the Blue Mountains, New South Wales.

Most Referenced Works

Awards for Works

y separately published work icon Rudie Nudie Christmas Sydney : ABC Books , 2020 20075560 2020 single work picture book children's

'A delightful Rudie Nudie celebration of the joy of Christmas from award-winning creator Emma Quay.

'Yoo-hoo, Rudie Nudie.
Rudie Nudie, where are you?
It is very nearly Christmas Day
for Rudie one and two.

'It's Christmas Eve and two little rudie nudies are on the run again!' (Publication summary)

2021 shortlisted Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards Three to 5 Years
y separately published work icon Rudie Nudie Christmas Sydney : ABC Books , 2020 20075560 2020 single work picture book children's

'A delightful Rudie Nudie celebration of the joy of Christmas from award-winning creator Emma Quay.

'Yoo-hoo, Rudie Nudie.
Rudie Nudie, where are you?
It is very nearly Christmas Day
for Rudie one and two.

'It's Christmas Eve and two little rudie nudies are on the run again!' (Publication summary)

2021 shortlisted Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards Three to 5 Years
y separately published work icon My Sunbeam Baby Sydney : ABC Books , 2018 14948588 2018 single work picture book children's

'See my bouncing baby,
jigging on my knee.
Then snuggling for a story,
just baby, book and me.

'A gorgeous new picture book about how much we love our babies, from Emma Quay, creator of the bestselling and award-winning Rudie Nudie.' (Publication summary)

2019 shortlisted Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards Birth to 3 Years
2019 CBCA Book of the Year Awards Notable Book Picture Book
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