Gleeson, Libby

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Children's author. Libby Gleeson was born 1950 and grew up in country NSW. She has published 18 books, several having received Literary Awards including the Children's Literature Peace Prize, 1991, and the International Board on Books for Young People Award 1992, for Dodger. Gleeson's other activities include lecturing on creative writing, the Melbourne and Sydney Writers' Festivas, the Public Lending Right Committee and promotion of children's literature. Gleeson won the Lady Cutler Award for Services to Children's Literature, 1997.

From the description of Papers. 1977-1997. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 222164781

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