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Born: 2 Nov 1950 Croydon, Surrey, England
Gender: Female
Heritage: English
Arrived in Australia: 1975
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Full biographical information is only available to AustLit Subscribers. A truncated and unformatted biographical extract follows: Jeannie Baker studied art and design at Brighton polytechnic, UK before settling in Australia in 1975. The turning point for her affinity with Australia was a visit to the Daintree which inspired her award-winning children's book Where the Forest Meets the Sea (1987), set in the tropical rainforest and which has sold one million copies worldwide. She is the author and illustrator of numerous picture books, several of which have won Australian and international awards. These include Polar (197....To gain full access to the AustLit database become a subscriber. |
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Last amended:
16 Nov 2004