Jackie French

Jacqueline Anne "Jackie" French (born 29 November 1953) is an award-winning Australian writer of children's books, and books on gardening. 
Jackie French was born in Sydney and grew up in Brisbane. She moved to the bush in her early twenties. She likes gardening and has been on the television series "Burke's Backyard". She has written more than one hundred books. These books include story books (fiction), and books about true things (non-fiction). Jackie lives at Araluen, New South Wales. 
She began writing when she was 30, to make money to pay for her car. At the time, she was living in a tin shed with a black snake named "Gladys", and a wombat named "Smudge". Jackie also appears regularly on radio and television.
Picture books.
"Shaggy Gully" books.
"pictures drawn by Bruce Whatley"
Children's fiction.
"Phredde the Phaery" books.
"pictures drawn by Stephen Michael King"
"School for Heroes" books.
"pictures drawn by Andrea F. Potter"
Awards.
To the Moon and Back (Bryan Sullivan and Jackie French, illus. by Gus Gordon)
Diary of a Wombat (Bruce Whatley and Jackie French)
The Secret World of Wombats
They Came on Viking Ships
My Dad the Dragon
Tom Appleby, Convict Boy
Pete the Sheep (Jackie French and Bruce Whatley)
Hitler's Daughter
How to Guzzle Your Garden
Flesh and Blood
Valley of Gold
Ride the Wild Wind
In the Blood
Blood Will Tell
CafÈ on Callisto
Lady Dance
Stamp, Stomp, Whomp
Missing You, Love Sara
Too Many Pears!
Daughter of the Regiment
Somewhere Around the Corner
Walking the Boundaries
Rain Stones
The Roo that Won the Melbourne Cup