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I hope you can stop and stay awhile and join me on my brave (or ill-conceived – jury is still out on that one) adventure to becoming a fully-fledged, ridgy-didge published author of children’s picture books. I mean you gotta have dreams, right? And anyway, I figure if I don’t take this seriously, how can I expect anyone else to?

So, thanks for stopping by – I hope you have a nice time while you’re here.

 

Lindsay Fletcher was born and raised in Perth Western Australia, with a few side-steps over to Melbourne and across to London.

 

Her professional background is in advertising and marketing – but please don’t hold that against her. Lindsay has had much experience in writing copy for clients and public speaking (but we won’t bore you with that stuff).

 

In fact, quite a few of Lindsay’s old schoolteachers commented she was quite the Extrovert. Lindsay thinks an Extroverted Introvert might be more correct but, who is Lindsay to argue with a teacher?

 

Having three young children, and being a child once herself, Lindsay has always had a great love of children’s books, both reading and writing them.

 

In 2019, Lindsay put on her big girl’s pants and completed the Australian Writers Centre course in writing picture books. Lindsay likes writing chucklesome stories, with a bit of heart. And sometimes, just sometimes there is even a little lesson or two thrown in for fun.

 

Lindsay still lives in Perth, with her very tall husband, three little kids and very handsome, but not very bright dog, Atticus Finch.

Awards:
Highly Commended – 2020 National Greenleaf Buds Picture Book Manuscript competition – Too Many Rabbits! A Cautionary Tail
Memberships:
Society Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators (Australia West)
Children’s Book Council of Australia (West)
The Scribbles Academy
KSP Writers’ Centre
Boards/Committees:
Children’s Book Council of Australia (West) 2020 Committee Member

Want to chat? I’d love to hear from you (unless you’re trying to talk to me during one of my favourite programmes. Don’t do that. It drives me up the wall).

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