|
Author wins Premier's Award |
|
Written by Administrator
|
|
Friday, 21 October 2005 |
Maleny author Prue Mason has won the Queensland Premier's Award for her
children's book, Camel Rider . The story is about two boys from
different worlds who meet after being lost in a desert.
Although they don't speak the same language they have to learn to cooperate to survive. Also judged a "Notable Book" by the Children's Book Council of Australia, Camel Rider is Prue's first children?s book based on her experiences living in the Middle East.
The Queensland Premier's Award is open to national and even international entries and is the richest literary award in Australia. There were 14 categories with Prue's winning the Children?s Category.
Prue comes from a family where books and writing are in the blood. Her mother is an historian and writer, her aunt also was a journalist, and her grandfather Errol Knox was Managing Editor of the Argus in Melbourne.
Prue has travelled extensively around the world with her husband who is a pilot. She has worked as a hostess on a private jet, flying on ferry flights from Australia to Canada, teaching English as a foreign language to young Arabs, being a regular columnist for a children?s magazine for over 10 years, and editing the biography of an Iranian lady who had worked for the Shah?s government. Prue and her husband, Kerry came to live in the area four years ago when they bought Rowan House.
After four years of running it as a guest house and writer?s retreat Prue plans to close the doors and spend more time writing and gardening.
Peter Beattie congratulates Prue Mason on her win in the Children's Book section of the Premier's Award.
|
|
Last Updated ( Monday, 04 September 2006 )
|
Range News 2005 - ON 
