Dr Anne Morgan is best known as a writer of children’s books, but she also writes poetry for adults, and is currently working on a true-life historical mystery book for adults.
Her most recent publication is The Bird Lovers’ Ball, illustrated by Lois Bury and published by Forty South. Released in October 2025, this picture book has become an instant best-seller in lutruwita/Tasmania.
‘This book is a quirky blend of fantasy and non-fiction, involving children dressing up as native Tasmanian birds and going to a ball. Anne Morgan’s beautifully crafted rhyming text is balanced by Lois Bury’s exquisite artwork, both her whimsical illustrations of children in costume plus detailed ornithological art.’
Anne also has two science-based with picture books CSIRO Publishing: Tardigrades, nature’s toughest survivors, illustrated by Jennifer Falkner, which introduce young readers to the astounding talents of microscopic creature with the cute nicknames of ‘moss piglet’ and ‘water bear’. It is currently available in hardback format. A softback print-on-demand edition will also become available soon, to make it more accessible to an international readership.
The Way of the Weedy Seadragon, another beautiful non-fiction picture book for 5-9 year olds, has also been illustrated by Lois Bury). This title has garnered many literary credits, including a CBCA ‘Notable’ in the Eve Pownall Award; finalist in the SCBWI Crystal Kite Award; a shortlisting in the Environment Award for Children’s Literature Award; and Best in Category, Children’s Natural History Book in the NSW Zoological Society’s Whitley Awards, 2021.
Anne is also the author of the Captain Clawbeak series of illustrated junior novels, (Penguin Random House) and The Smallest Carbon Footprint in the Land & Other Ecotales, illustrated by Gay McKinnon), which won the Wilderness Society’s Environment Award for Children’s Literature (Junior Fiction) in 2013.
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Read more about Anne’s children’s books here.
Anne is also a published and national prizewinning poet, with one full-length collection of poetry (A Reckless Descent from Eternity, Ginninderra Press). Her poems have appeared in many anthology. She is also the poetry editor and contributor to the lovely cross arts/science anthology, Birdsong, a Celebration of Bruny Island Birds. More about Anne’s poetry here.
Anne lives on the slopes of the majestic mountain, kunanyi, outside nipaluna/Hobart, in lutruwita/Tasmania. She trained as a biology, English, and Drama teacher, and has taught in Tasmania, the Northern Territory and China. She has also worked as a a journalist, public sector administrator, researcher and (long, long ago) a professional actor with the Queensland Theatre Company, touring outback schools . Her qualifications include a PhD in Writing, which won a postgraduate research medal from Edith Cowan University, WA. She also has a Master of Education Degree from the University of Tasmania and an Associate Diploma, Speech and Drama (Performer), AMEB.
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