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Allison Rushby Allison Rushby i(A41478 works by)
Also writes as: Alli Kincaid
Gender: Female
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Allison Rushby studied Russian and Journalism at the University of Queensland and then completed a Graduate Diploma of Editing and Publishing at the University of Southern Queensland. She has worked as a freelance journalist and as a freelance editor. Allison writes children's and young adult literature, and has won several awards including the Davitt Award for Best Children's Crime Novel, 2018. She is the daughter of Pamela Rushby.

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y separately published work icon The Ghost Locket Newtown : Walker Books Australia , 2022 23605732 2022 single work children's fiction children's horror mystery

'A captivating supernatural mystery set in a house haunted by secrets from the past.

'Eleven-year-old Lolli must return to London and break a promise she made to herself — to never again enter the house in Spitalfields, an historic building managed by her family.

'There, Lolli must face up to what she saw in the house several years ago and make things right for two ghosts, one friendly and one decidedly not, and open her heart to people in both the living and twilight worlds.' (Publication summary)

2023 longlisted Davitt Award Best Children's Novel
y separately published work icon When This Bell Rings Melbourne : Walker Books Australia , 2020 19704417 2020 single work children's fiction children's fantasy

'This story within a story within a story celebrates the creative art of storytelling. In London's Belgravia, Tamsin lives next door to Edie St Clair, famous author of the ‘London of the Bells' series of graphic novels. With the series' tenth and final novel overdue, Tamsin offers her idol help and discovers that Edie can literally draw herself into her stories. When Edie goes missing, Tamsin draws herself into the novel and lands in a world of unexpected danger. The stakes couldn't be higher in this gripping adventure.' (Publication summary)

2021 CBCA Book of the Year Awards Notable Book Younger Readers
y separately published work icon The Seven Keys Melbourne : Walker Books Australia , 2019 16440563 2019 single work children's fiction children's fantasy

'Flossie Birdwhistle is the Turnkey at London’s Highgate Cemetery. Seven years have passed since Flossie saved her country from a ghostly invasion during World War II. Since then, things have been quiet. That is, until Flossie’s nemesis, Hugo Howsham, reveals a secret the pair have been keeping – the keys of the Magnificent Seven cemeteries can be combined to make a Turnkey not only mortal, but immortal. When Hugo Howsham begins stealing keys, the other Turnkeys turn against Flossie, trusting her no longer. With family, friends and her cemetery in danger, can Flossie find the inner strength to protect everything she has ever cared about?'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

2020 longlisted Davitt Award Best Children's Novel
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