About Author

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   Heather Rose says:

   Oct 22, 2020

   Heather Rose is the author of five novels with a further two due for publication in 2016 Heather writes for both adults and children Her adult novels include The River Wife The Butterfly Man.Heather writes the acclaimed Tuesday McGillycuddy series for children under the pen name Angelica Banks with award winning author Danielle Wood.Heather s first novel White Heart was published in 1999 It was followed by The Butterfly Man in 2005 a story based on the disappearance of Lord Lucan in 1974 It was longlisted for the IMPAC Awards in Ireland, shortlisted for the Nita B Kibble Award and won the 2006 Davitt Award for the Crime Fiction Novel of the Year written by an Australian woman.In 2007 Heather received the Eleanor Dark Fellowship and an Arts Tasmania Wilderness Residency for her novel The River Wife The River Wife was published in 2009.In 2010 Heather began collaborating with Danielle Wood and the Tuesday McGillycuddy series for primary age readers was born.The series begins with Finding Serendipity published in Australia, Germany and the USA in 2013 14 The sequel A Week Without Tuesday has been published internationally in 2014 2015 and the third book in the series Blueberry Pancakes Forever will be published in 2016 17.In 2016 Heather s next novel The Museum of Modern Love will be published by Allen Unwin It is based on the life and work of the artist Marina Abramovic.Heather s work has appeared in journals and anthologies including Dirty Words A Literary Dictionary of Sex Terms edited by Ellen Sussman Bloomsbury, USA , Some Girls Do edited by Jacinta Tynan Allen Unwin and Mosaic edited by Ros Bradley ABC Books Her stories and reviews been published in various editions of Island magazine.