Jacqueline Anne "Jackie" French (born 29 November 1953) is an award-winning Australian author of children's fiction and books on gardening.

Jackie French was born in Sydney and grew up in Brisbane, but moved to the bush in her early twenties. She is a keen gardener and appeared on the TV series Burke's Backyard. She has written well over a hundred books. Jackie lives in New South Wales, near the small town of Braidwood at Araluen. She began writing when she was 30, in a desperate attempt to get enough money together to register her car. At the time, she was living in a tin shed with a black snake named Gladys and a wombat named Smudge. A hundred and thirty-two books later, she is still writing. She can rightly be called Australia's most popular children's writer. Jackie also appears regularly on radio and television.

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Picture Books

with Bruce Whatley

Diary of a Wombat (2003)
Too many pears! (2003)
Pete the Sheep (2005)
Josephine Loves to Dance (2007)
The Shaggy Gully Times (2007)

Junior fiction

Tajore Arkle(1990)
Rain Stones (1991)
Walking the Boundaries (1993)
Somewhere Around the Corner (1995)
Beyond the Boundaries (1996)
The Warrior (Young Blue Gum) (1996) illustrated by Bettina Guthridge
A Wombat Named Bosco(1996) illustrated by Bettina Guthridge
Summerland (1997)
The Book of Unicorns (1997)
Soldier on the Hill (1997)
Hitler's Daughter (1999)
The Secret Beach
Lady Dance
Missing You, Love Sara
Valley of Gold
Ride the Wild Wind
Dark Wind Blowing (2001)
Cafe on Callisto (2002)
The White Ship (2002)
Tom Appleby Convict Boy (2004)
They Came on Viking Ships (2005) (published as Slave Girl in the UK and Rover in the USA )
Macbeth and Son (2006)
Pharaoh (2007)
Rover (2007)
A Rose for the Anzac Boys (2008)
Walking the boundaries
Children of the Valley series
My Dog the Dinosaur

Lessons for a Werewolf Warrior (Bk 1 of School for Heroes Series)
Dance of the Deadly Dinosaurs (Bk 2 of School for Heroes Series)

1. Music from the sea (1993)

2. City in the sand (1993)

3. House of a hundred animals (1993)

4. The metal men (1994)

5. The tribe that sang to trees (1996)

Phredde the Phaery series
Wacky Family series
In the Blood, Blood Moon and Flesh and Blood (for older readers)
Charlie's gold (1999)
A Waltz for Matilda (December 2009-2010)

Junior non-fiction

The Goat Who sailed the World - the true story of the goat who sailed with Captain Cook on The Endeavour
How to Guzzle Your Garden (2000) with Judith Rossell
The Fascinating History of Your Lunch
Stamp, Stomp, Whomp and Other Interesting Ways to Get Rid of Pests
The Secret World of Wombats (2005) with Bruce Whatley
The Dinkum History series- an eight volume history of Australia, illustrated by Peter Sheehan

Adult non-fiction

Rocket Your Child into Reading (2004)

Adult Books

A War for Gentlemen (2003)
Seasons of Content (A Year in the Southern Highlands) (1998) illustrated by Gwen Harrison

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Total Books: 211

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2004 - Hitler's Daughter (Paperback) → Paperback, Audio CD
ISBN-13: 9780439638258
ISBN-10: 0439638259
Genre: Children's Books

Currently 4/5 Stars.

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