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Australian writer and teacher (born 1948)
Dianne "Di" Bates (born 20 March 1948) is an Australian writer and teacher .
Bates was born in Sydney and spent her early years in Appin, New South Wales , attending Campbelltown Performing Arts High School . Later she undertook teaching training in Wollongong where she received a Diploma of Teaching, since gaining a Bachelor of Arts at the University of Wollongong .
While teaching, Bates began her writing career with her first book, Terri , published by Penguin Books in 1980. Since then, she has published over 140 books,[1] Nobody's Boy and junior novel, The Shape , have won CBCA Notable Awards.
Bates has received Grants and Fellowships from the Literature Board of the Australia Council for the Arts and has toured for the National Book Council.
Bates has undertaken commissioned writing for a large number of organisations and has worked on the editorial team of the New South Wales Department of Education School Magazine. She was co-editor of a national children's magazine, Puffinalia (Penguin Books) and editor of another national magazine, Little Ears .
Bates has founded several sub-branches of the Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) of NSW. She has presented community radio and television programs about children's literature and reviewed books in numerous magazines. She has also worked as a regional newspaper editor.
In 2008, Bates was awarded The Lady Cutler Prize for distinguished services to children's Literature.
Bates is married to prize-winning YA author, Bill Condon, whose awards include the Prime Minister's Literary Award in the inaugural category of young adult fiction and two CBCA Honor Books of the Year . She lives in Wollongong , NSW where she works as a freelance writer and manuscript assessor and writes a popular blog Writing for Children.
Awards and Commendations
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1987 Writer's Fellowship from the Literature Board of the Australia Council
1988 Writer's Fellowships from the Literature Board of the Australia Council
1988 West Australian Young Readers' Book Award (Grandma Cadbury's Trucking Tales)
1993 Special Award, Australian Multicultural Children's Literature Award (I'm An Australian: A Classroom Journal)
1995 Varuna Writers’ Centre Fellowship
1999 Kids' Own Australian Literature Award (Desert Dan the Dunnyman)
2000 Varuna Writers’ Centre Fellowship
2001 Children's Book Council of Australia Notable Book (The Shape)
2002 Kids Own Australian Literature Award Hall of Fame (Big Bad Bruce)
2008 Lady Cutler award for distinguished services to children's literature
2013 Children's Book Council of Australia Notable Book (Nobody's Boy)
Published Books
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The Year I Was Born 1983 (Moondrake, 1993) ISBN 1 86391 208 8
The Year I Was Born 1984 (Moondrake, 1993) ISBN 1 86391 209 6
A Gaggle of Giggles (Phoenix Education, 2015) ISBN 9781921586972
A Game of Keeps (Celapene Press, 2014) ISBN 978 0 9873677 8 5
Awesome Cats (Big Sky Publishing, 2015) ISBN 9781925275407
Awesome Dogs (Big Sky Publishing, 2015) ISBN 9781925275384
Awesome Horses (Big Sky Publishing, 2016) ISBN 9781925275858
A Night at Benny's (Harcourt Brace, 1989) ISBN 0 729 509 060
A Tree House (CUP, 2008) ISBN 978 0 521 71026 8
Aussie Kid Heroes (Interactive Publications, 2009) ISBN 1921088 44 3
Badu Boys Rule! (Insight Publications, 2006) ISBN 1921088 44 3
Belly Busters (Random House, 1994) ISBN 9780091829452
Belligrumble Bigfoot (Roo Books) about 1983
Between You and Me (Pearson Education, 2003) ISBN 0-1236-0229-7
Big Bad Bruce illus Phoebe Middleton (A & R, 1994) ISBN 0 207 18831 9 , 0 207 17696 5
Big Bad Bruce illus Cheryll Johns (Koala Books, 2007) ISBN 0 86461 7712
Basil Bopp the Burper (Hodder Headline, 1996) ISBN 9 780733 603693
Basil Bopp the Burper (Five Senses Education, 2010). ISBN 978 1741304565
Big Boss (Little Pink Dogs, 2020) ISBN 978 0648964063
Billy Fishbone, King of the Kids (Hodder Headline, 1997) ISBN 9780733 605079
Billy Fishbone, King of the Kids (Five Senses Education, 2010) ISBN 978 1741304602
Blowflies and Glow-Worms (CUP, 2008) ISBN 9780 521 71067 1
Boys Only (No Girls) Otford Press, 2002) ISBN 1 876928 93 X
Brad the Wonder Baby (Blake Education, 2000) ISBN 1 86509 331 9
Bushranger Bob & the Nude Olympics (with Bill Condon) (Hodder Headline, 1999) ISBN 0 7336 1038 2
Bushranger Bob & the Nude Olympics (with Bill Condon) (Five Senses Education, 2010) ISBN 978 1741304657
Bushrangers Teacher Source Book (Five Senses Education) ISBN 9781741304671
Candy in the Kitchen (Collins,1989) ISBN 07 3227 320X
Carl's Café (Thomas Nelson, 2002) ISBN 0 7339 33386 , 07608 5799 7
Cassandra's Clever Dad
Champion Children (Heinemann Library, 1998) ISBN 1 86391 694 6
Christmas Around the World (Macmillan) ISBN 0 7 329 0215 0
Christmas Carols, Songs and Poems (Macmillan) ISBN 0 732 902 126
Christmas in Australia (Macmillan) ISBN 0 732 902 169
Christmas Make and Do (Macmillan) ISBN 0 7329 0217 7
Christmas Stories (Macmillan) ISBN 0 7329 02134
Cinderfella (Penguin, 2001) ISBN 0141312653
Crossing the Line (Ford Street Publishing, 2008) ISBN 978 1 876462 70 3
Crash Landing (Thomas Nelson, 2002) ISBN 0 17 0105148
Daisy's Bedtime (Clavis Books, 2022)
Dame Nellie Nickabocka, shooting Star (Hodder Headline, 1996) ISBN 9 7807 33 603723
Dame Nellie Nickabocka, shooting Star (Five Senses Education, 2010) ISBN 978 174130 4596
Daring Dora and the All-Girl Gang (Hodder Headline, 1996) ISBN 9 78 0733 603358
Daring Dora and the All-Girl Gang (Five Senses Education) ISBN 978 1 741304633
Dateless & Desperate (Pearson Education, 2002) ISBN 07339 3472 2
Desert Dan the Dunnyman (Hodder Headline, 1997) ISBN 978-0733605093
Desert Dan the Dunnyman (Five Senses Education, 2010) ISBN 978 1 741304619
Erky Perky Silly Stuff (Five Senses Education, 2013) ISBN 978 1741307801
Fangs (Thomas Nelson, 2002) ISBN 017 010513 X
Famous & Fabulous Kids (Jacaranda Wiley, 1995) ISBN 0 73121 652 0
Freaky Fact or Fiction (Hinkler Books 2011) ISBN 978 174 1852530
Getting Even (Rigby Heinemann, 1996) ISBN 0-7312-1979-1
Giggle and Grin (Five Senses Education, 2012) ISBN 978 1741305982
Grandma Cadbury's Bikie Gang (A&R, 1993) ISBN 0 207 179182
Grandma Cadbury's Safari Tours (A&R, 1989) ISBN 0207163448
Grandma Cadbury's Trucking Tales (A&R, 1987) ISBN 0 207 158 770 (WINNER 1988 WEST AUSTRALIAN YOUNG READERS’ BOOK AWARD)
Grandma Cadbury's Water World (Hodder Headline, 1997) ISBN 0-7336-0472-2
Hairy Hannah and the Grandad Gang (Hodder Headline, 1997) ISBN 9 780733 605086
Hairy Hannah and the Grandad Gang (Five Senses Education, 2010) ISBN 978174130 4589
Here Comes Trouble! (Dragon Tales Publishing, 2015) ISBN 9780992523961
How Christmas Began (Macmillan,1990) ISBN 0 7329 02142
How the Sun was Made: A Traditional Aboriginal Story
How to Self-Edit (To Improve Your Writing) (Emerald Publishers, India, 2005) ISBN 81 7966 159 8 .
How to Self-Edit (To Improve Your Writing) (Five Senses Education, 2009) ISBN 978 1 741 30 683 5
I'm An Australian: A Class Journal (Jacaranda Wiley, 1992) ISBN 0 7016 30280 (WINNER SPECIAL PRIZE 1993 MULTICULTURAL CHILDREN’S LITERATURE AWARD)
In Big Trouble (Rigby, 1996) ISBN 0-7312-2164-8
Inventions (Heinemann Library, 1998) ISBN 1 86391 693 8
Jacob Fang & His Feral Family (Hodder Headline, 1996) ISBN 9 780733 603716
Jacob Fang & His Feral Family (Five Senses Education, 2010) ISBN 978 174130 462 6
Junk (CUP, 2008) ISBN 978 0 521 71025 1
Justin's Wells, illustrated by Tony Flowers (Rigby, 2007) ISBN 978 07312 7486 4
Kings of the Creek (Rigby, 2001) ISBN 0 7312 2743 3
Mad, Bad Jason (Austin Macauley, UK, 2020)
Madcap Cafe & other humorous plays (with Bill Condon; Brooks Waterloo, 1986) ISBN 978-0216926653
Making Friends on Beacon Street (Mimosa, 1992) ISBN 0 7 32771 048
Money Smart Kids (Ibis, 2005) ISBN 1 920923 90 X
My Family (CUP, 2008) ISBN 978 0 521 71017 6
My Other Mother (Rigby Heinemann, 1996) ISBN 0-7312-2155-9
My Wacky Gran (Angus & Robertson, 1994) ISBN 0 207 18537 9 / also ISBN 0 207 19167 0 (1997)
Ned the Nong & the Kelly Kids (with Bill Condon) (Hodder Headline, 1999) ISBN 0 7336 1040 4
Ned the Nong & the Kelly Kids (with Bill Condon) (Five Senses Education, 2010) ISBN 9781741304640
Nick Knickers & The Great Santa Round-up (with Bill Condon) (Hodder Headline, 1999) ISBN 0 7336 1039 0
Nick Knickers & The Great Santa Round-up (with Bill Condon) Five Senses Education, 2010)
Nobody's Boy (Celapene Press, 2012) ISBN 978 0 9872556 00
Operation Lily-Liver (with Bill Condon, 1987) ISBN 0 333 412 192
Our Home is Dirt by Sea (a poetry anthology, Walker Books Australia, 2016) ISBN 9781925081190
Out of the Blue (Pearson Education, 2005)
Piggy Moss (Puffin, 1982) ISBN 0140 3153 65
Promise Not to Laugh (Angus & Robertson, 1996) ISBN 0-207-19142-5 (with Chris McTrustry)
Resourceful Kids (Rigby, 1997) ISBN 07312 2215 6
Revise, Edit & Re-Write (Ashton Scholastic, 1994) ISBN 1 86388 173 5
Rotten Rellies (Nelson, 1997) ISBN 9 780170 093019
Schools at War! (Random House, 1997) ISBN 9780091 832926
Scrum O’Crum & the Bushranger Babes (Hodder Headline, 1997) ISBN 0 7336 0510 9
Scrum O’Crum & the Bushranger Babes (Five Senses Education, 2010) ISBN 978 1741304572
Skin and Bones (CUP, 2008) ISBN 978 0521 710701
Stagestruck! (plays with Bill Condon; HBJ, 1992) ISBN 0 729 5086 5X
Supermouth (Rigby, 1995) ISBN 0 7312 1947 3
Terri (Puffin, 1981) ISBN 01 4031 3761
The Adventures of Jellybean, with Bill Condon (UQP, 2018) ISBN 978 07022 60001
The Belligrumble Bigfoot (Roo Books, 1984) ISBN 0 9499 24474
The Bogeyman in the Garden (Longman, 1995) ISBN 0582378184
The Boy Who Loved Chocolate (Omnibus, 1990) ISBN 978-0140345704
The Butti Butti Bunyip, illustrated by Greg Holfield (Omnibus Books, 2015) ISBN 9781742991252
The Case of the Kidnapped Brat with Bill Condon (Reed Mystery Mammoth, 1995) ISBN 0582 910684 , 1-86330-475-4
The Curse of King Nevertrustme (Angus & Robertson, 1995) ISBN 0 207 18786 X
The Funnies: Cartoons and Comics (Jacaranda Press, 1993) ISBN 0 7016 2816 2
The Girl in the Basement (Morris Publishing Australia, 2013) ISBN 978 0 987543417
The Hold-Up Heroes (National Museum of Australia, 2005) ISBN 978-1876944384
The Last Refuge (Hodder Headline, 1996) ISBN 0 7336 0318 1
The Little Red Hen, infants’ play (Macmillan, 1987) ISBN 978-0307960306
The Magician (Rigby,1988) ISBN 0 731 202 740
The Musicians of Bremen, infants’ play (Macmillan, 1987) ISBN 0 8136 36442
The Pobblebonk Frog (CUP, 2008) ISBN 978 0 521 71024 4
The Trouble with Parents (Supa Dupas, 1997)
The New Writer's Survival Guide (Penguin,1989) ISBN 01 4011 5080
The Shape (Allen and Unwin, 2000) ISBN 1 86508 353 4
The Worst Cook in the World (Nelson, 1987) ISBN 0 454 01254 3
The Slacky Flat Gang (with Bill Condon; Brooks Waterloo, 1988) ISBN 0864 400888
Thirteen Going on Forty (Hodder Headline)
To the Moon and Back (Big Sky Publishing, 2017) ISBN 978 1 925520 29 3
Top Tasty Treats (Jacaranda, 1993) ISBN 0 7016 3195 3
Treasure Seekers (Longman, 2001)
Troublemaker (Addison Wesley Longman 1996) ISBN 0 7791 0828 0 + (Sundance, 1997) ISBN 0 7608 0768 X
The Trouble with Parents (Longman, 1996) ISBN 0-582-80486-8 + (Scholastic, Canada, 2001) ISBN 0 7791 0827 2
The Worst Cook in the World (Nelson, 1987) ISBN 045 4012543
Thirteen Going on Forty (Hodder & Stoughton, 1986) ISBN 0 340 376120
Top Tasty Treats (Jacaranda Press, 1993) ISBN 0 7016 3195 3
Treasure Seekers (Pearson Education, 2001) ISBN 0 7339 2470 0 (with Ann C Whitehead & Bill Condon)
Troublemaker (Longman, 1995) ISBN 0 582 80485 X
Urgent Delivery (Thomas Nelson, 2002) ISBN 0 17 010519 9
Villains ((Heinemann Library, 1996) ISBN 1 86391 457 9
When Melissa-Ann Came to Dinner (Harcourt Brace, 1989) ISBN 07 2950 8099
Whales (CUP, 2008) ISBN 978 0 521 71069 5
Wild and Wacky Adventurers with Bill Condon (IP Kidz, 2022)
We Care for Our School (Landmark, NZ, 1996) ISBN 0732940516
Who Pushed Humpty? (with Mary Small, illustrated Craig Smith, Mimosa,1992) ISBN 978-0732709600
Wordgames (Longman Cheshire, 1993) ISBN 0 582 91068 4
Wordgames (Five Senses Education, 2009) ISBN 9781 74130 682 8
Writing Essentials: A Teacher's Guide to Grammar, Punctuation & Word Usage (Hawker Brownlow, 2017) ISBN 978 1760 56329 5
Your Teeth (CUP, 2008) ISBN 978 0 521 71068 8
Zoo Animals (CUP, 2008) ISBN 978 0 521 71071 8
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