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Louise Schofield Louise Schofield i(A72319 works by) (birth name: Louise Elizabeth Schofield)
Born: Established: 4 Jul 1961 Manly, Manly - Allambie - Curl Curl area, Sydney Northeastern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales, ; Died: Ceased: 27 Jun 2011 Perth, Western Australia,
Gender: Female
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BiographyHistory

Louise Schofield attended the Sydney Church of England Girls' School before studying Communication at the Mitchell College of Advanced Education (now Charles Sturt University). She then moved to Western Australia where she worked with a regional television station. After travelling with her partner for two years, Schofield returned to Western Australia and took up a position with the Australian newspaper in Perth.

Schofield was the author of ten books for children in which she often addressed environmental and social justice issues. Schofield was active in her support of other writers and writers' organisations. She was a member of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, the founder of the Mundaring heARTlines Children's Literature and Book Illustration Festival and a contributor to the Southern Forest Sculpture Walk in Northcliffe.

Schofield died as a result of breast cancer. Fremantle Press Children's Publisher Cate Sutherland said Schofield was 'more than just a talented author... Her generosity in promoting the work of her peers - the authors and children's book writers of Western Australia - will not be forgotten.'

Sources: Elizabeth Heath, 'Author Was a Champion of Justice', Sydney Morning Herald (6-7 August 2011): 20 and Fremantle Press website.

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Awards for Works

y separately published work icon Secrets in the Tingle Forest Fremantle : Fremantle Press , 2003 Z1039578 2003 single work children's fiction children's

'It is a year exactly since Sharni's father died in a horrific forestry incident and she is still in mourning. Sharni blames her mother for his death; she divorced him and changed their lives forever. Sharni ventures into the secret place he took her on his last day alive and discovers a multitude of secrets and dangers.' (Publication summary)
2004 shortlisted The Wilderness Society Environment Award for Children's Literature — Fiction
2004 winner West Australian Young Readers' Book Award — Hoffman Award
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