Wendy Orr is a Canadian-born Australian writer born in

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. She is probably best known as the author of ''

Nim's Island ''Nim's Island'' is a 2008 adventure film written and directed by Jennifer Flackett and Mark Levin, and based on the children's story of the same name by Wendy Orr. A young girl alone on a remote island seeks help from an agoraphobic San Franc ...

'', which was made into a film in 2008 starring

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and

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. In 1995, she received the CBCA Book of the Year, Younger Readers award. Orr moved to Australia at the age of 21 and now lives in Victoria, on the Mornington Peninsula on a few acres of bushland. She has previously worked as an occupational therapist. In 1991 Orr suffered terrible injuries including a broken neck and two broken ankles when her car was hit by a car travelling at high speed. She spent the next five years dealing with the pain and walking with a cane. It took 15 years to recover but now she is well again. She says, " Readers borrow courage and resilience from books.” Qualities Orr has displayed herself creating a huge body of work during her recovery.

Works

;Novels: * ''Peeling the Onion'' (1996) * ''The House At Evelyn's Pond'' (2001) * ''Dragonfly Song'' (2016) * ''Swallow's Dance'' (2018) * ''Cuckoo's Flight'' (2021) ;Children's books: * ''The Tin Can Puppy'' (1990) * ''Bad Martha'' (1991) * ''Leaving It to You'' (1992) * ''The Great Yackandandah Billy Cart Race'' (1993) * ''Ark in the Park'' (1994) * ''The Laziest Boy in the World'' (1994) * ''Mindblowing!'' (1994) * ''Dirtbikes'' (1995) * ''The Bully Biscuit Gang'' (1996) * ''Yasou Nikki'' (1996) * ''Sally's Painting Room'' (1997) * ''Alroy's Very Nearly Clean Bedroom'' (1997) * ''Poppy's Path'' (2001) * ''Spook's Shack'' (2003) * ''Across the Dark Sea'' (2006) * ''Too Much Stuff!'' (2006) * ''Raven's Mountain'' (2011) Paradise series: # ''Paradise Palace'' (1997) # ''Paradise Gold'' (1999) Nim's Island series: # ''Nim's Island'' (2001) # ''Nim at Sea'' (2008) # ''Rescue on Nim's Island'' (2014) Mokie and Bik series: # ''Mokie and Bik'' (2007) # ''Mokie and Bik Go to Sea'' (2008) Rainbow Street Animal Shelter series: # ''LOST! A Dog Called Bear'' (2011) # ''MISSING! A Cat Called Buster'' (2011) # ''WANTED! A Guinea Pig Called Henry'' (2012) # ''ABANDONED! A Lion Called Kiki'' (2012) # ''STOLEN! A Pony Called Pebbles'' (2012) # ''DISCOVERED! A Beagle Called Bella'' (2013) ;Picture books: * ''Amanda's Dinosaur'' (1990) * ''Aa-choo!'' (1992) * ''Jessica Joan'' (1994) * ''Grandfather Martin'' (1996) * ''Arabella'' (2000) * ''The Princess and Her Panther'' (2010) Micki and Daniel series: # ''Pegasus and Ooloomooloo'' (1993) # ''The Wedding'' (1993) # ''The Train to the City'' (1993)

References

External links

Wendy Orr's Website
Wendy Orr is the author of the book, Nim's Island
Wendy Orr's Blog
Wendy Orr's blog {{DEFAULTSORT:Orr, Wendy 1968 births Living people Australian children's writers Australian women novelists Canadian children's writers Canadian emigrants to Australia Naturalised citizens of Australia Writers from Edmonton