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Den Scheer Den Scheer i(A145751 works by)
Gender: Female
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'Den Scheer grew up on an isolated farm in Western Australia.' She began drawing as a child and by the age of eighteen had won a number of awards for her illustrations, including 'the Young Australian Art Award (over three consecutive years) and the Australian Scholarship Group Art Award' Scheer has underaken studies towards a Bachelor of Illustration and Design at Curtin University, Perth.

Source: Ford St website, www.fordstreetpublishing.com
Sighted: 02/04/2012

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y separately published work icon In the Beech Forest Ormond : Hybrid , 2012 Z1846083 2012 single work picture book children's

'In the Beech Forest is a story from long ago, from now and from the future.

'An ordinary boy takes a path leading him from the safety of his home into a dark forest. His head is full of the fearful images of his computer games that so excite, yet terrify him; battles between heroes and dreadful beasts that may haunt this primal landscape.

'What will become of him on this journey? Will he survive? Will he defeat his fears? Will he emerge, still an ordinary boy?

'Become his companion. Take the journey . . . (From the publisher's website.)
2012 shortlisted Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction — Children's Division — Best Children's Fiction (Told Primarily Through Pictures)
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