Narelle Oliver
Narelle Oliver was an Australian artist, print maker and award-winning children's author-illustrator.
Early life
Narelle Oliver was born on 25 February 1960 and grew up in Toowoomba in south east Queensland.Career
Oliver majored in design and printmaking while studying for a Bachelor of Education degree. She began her career teaching at the Queensland School for the Deaf.Oliver was an educator and a committed environmentalist. As an illustrator, Oliver combined linocut, watercolour, pastels, collage and digitally-enhanced photographs in her work. She used many environmental themes drawing on the flora and fauna of Australia.
Oliver's first book, Leaf Tail, was published in 1989.
Works
*Honours and awards
- 1996 Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Award Winner for The Hunt
- 1999 Royal Zoological Society of NSW Whitley Award - Best Book for Older Readers for Sand Swimmers: The Secret Life of Australia's Dead Heart
- 2000 joint winner The Wilderness Society Environment Award for Children's Literature — Picture Book for Sand Swimmers: The Secret Life of Australia's Dead Heart
- 2007 New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — Patricia Wrightson Prize for Children's Books for Home
- 2013 Queensland Literary Awards — Children's Book Award for ''Don't let a spoonbill in the kitchen''