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Name: Lindy Batchelor |
Lindy at 8 months |
Lindy at 4 years |
Graduating from the AFS American High School |
Sitting in Roald Dahl's writing chair, England |
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Place of Birth: Newcastle, NSW – a Novocastrian. |
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Date of Birth: Once upon a time, not so long ago… |
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Education: Newcastle Grammar School (K-6), New England Girls’ School in Armidale (7-10), Newcastle Girls’ High School (11 & 12), Newcastle College of Advanced Education (Diploma of Education), University of Newcastle (Bachelor of Education), Charles Sturt University (Graduate Diploma of Education / Teacher Librarianship), Diploma of Professional Children’s Writing.
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Family: Lindy and her husband + 4 children, and a dog, live on Sydney’s Northern Beaches – and love it!
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Interests: Australian children’s books, writing, reading, learning new skills, early morning walks, travelling, gardening, cooking, drinking hot chocolate, eating gelato ice cream (hazelnut), visiting the beach, water skiing, mothering. Lindy often finds herself in the children’s book department of any store she visits – and wonders how she got there! She is also a Justice of the Peace.
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Sport: Rugby union especially the Wallabies, Socceroos, The Swans, Newcastle Knights, Aussie tennis players, her children’s sporting teams.
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Travel: That’s another whole interest in itself! Lindy spent 12 months on an American Field Service exchange to South Pasadena, California after finishing high school, and still keeps in regular contact with her host family there. She has also travelled to Indonesia, Malaysia, Taiwan, Japan, United Kingdom, France, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Holland, Belgium, Canada, New Zealand, Hawaii and Scandinavia – and still hopes to visit more of Australia and many other countries yet!
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Favourite books: Australian picture books, first readers, books for babies, biographies.
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How did you feel when your first book was published?
Very, very excited, proud and nervous.
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How does your family feel about you being a writer? They are happy for me and I try to fit it in when they are at school or work or asleep or out of the house. Being around home, and a wife and a mum looking after them all, is still really important to me.
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Favourite words: Community and serendipity. |
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