Joan Phipson

Joan Phipson
BornJoan Margaret Phipson
16 November 1912 (1912-11-16)
Warrawee, New South Wales
Died2 April 2003 (2003-04-03) (aged 90)
OccupationWriter
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAustralian
EducationFrensham School
GenreChildren's literature
Notable awards
SpouseColin Fitzhardinge
ChildrenGuy and Anna

Joan Margaret Phipson AM (16 November 1912 – 2 April 2003) was an Australian children's writer.[1]

She lived on a farm in the Central Tablelands of New South Wales and many of her books evoke the stress and satisfaction of living in the Australian countryside, floods, bushfires, drought and all. Two of her novels, Good Luck to the Rider and The Family Conspiracy, won the Australian Children's Book of the Year Award.[2]

  1. ^ "Austlit — Joan Phipson". Austlit. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  2. ^ Bolton, Robert and Thurston, Elizabeth (19 April 2003). "A country to write home about". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 11 July 2024.