Louise Allan: #Robinpedia

Louise Allan is an Australian writer from Perth who keeps writers in her attic.That sounds weird and a bit scary but I can explain…. She’s a big fan of Stephen King’s Misery. Kidding! You see, it’s more of a metaphorical attic. That’s right, attics can hold more than madwomen, they can also hold writers.

Writers in the Attic is an author spotlight that Louise Allen hosts on her blog. It is an online space where writers chat about their writing processes and what has helped shape them become the writer that they are. It has hosted heavy weights such as Natasha Lester, Tess Woods, and also the likes of MEEEEEE.

In January of 2018 Louise Allan released her debut novel, The Sisters’ Song, through Allen & Unwin. It is set in rural Tasmania in the 1920s and explores intergenerational trauma and familial bonds. The unpublished manuscript of The Sisters’ Song was awarded a Varuna residential fellowship in 2014 AND shortlisted for the City of Fremantle-TAG Hungerford Award. It has been positively received by both critics and readers. It currently has a rating of 4.5 on GoodReads with over 70 ratings.

Louise Allan is a former doctor, grew up in Tasmania, and now resides in Perth. She has a passion for music, performing in the musical Godspell and singing with the Western Australia Symphony Orchestra. Currently she is published by Allen & Unwin, represented by Lyn Tranter of Australian Literary Management, and loved by many.

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Danielle Binks: #Robinpedia

Danielle Binks is an Australian YA/MG writer, blogger, and literary agent. She is also a passionate advocate of Pacey’s Creek. That’s right, Pacey’s Creek not Dawson’s Creek. Don’t even start me.

Oh, BLERGH – how much is Dawson *totally* an Ernest Hemingway?! A self-congratulatory drunk *artiste* who cruelly abandoned every women he ever cared for because the first woman he fell in love with dared to reject him. BLEEEEERGH. #PaceysCreek

— Danielle Binks (@danielle_binks) January 23, 2018

As part of her commitment to young adult literature Danielle Binks is one of the driving forces of #LoveOzYA. #LoveOzYA is a community of writers, teachers, readers, editors, and pretty much any people who seek to raise the profile of young adult literature in Australia. People, it’s a community of people. Danielle Binks is the editor behind Begin, End, Begin: A #LoveOzYA Anthology published through Harper Collins. This best selling book consists of short stories by writers such as Amie Kaufman, Elli Marnie, Jaclyn Moriarty and Gabrielle Tozer, and came in at number 3 for The Book Club ABC’s audience favourites of 2017.

Continuing on with her love of MG and YA fiction Danielle Binks has partnered with Jacinta Di Mase Management to become AGENT AT LARGE. That’s right, she’s free and out in the WILD!!! Won’t somebody think of the children? Danielle Binks has expressed her desire to see submissions from diverse writers, subversive speculative fiction, contemporary novels which are progressive, graphic novels, strong verse novels, and short story collections. Read all about which books she is looking forward to in 2018 here.

Danielle Binks is a highly regarded writer in her own right placing 2nd in the 2011 John Marsden Prize for Young Writers, highly commended in the Bayside Writing Competition in 2013, Yen short story winner in 2014, 2nd in the Rachael Funari Prize for fiction 2015, and her short stories have appeared in Voiceworks Magazine, The Necklace, Begin, End, Begin: A #LoveOzYA Anthology, and Betanarratives. Cementing these already impressive achievements Danielle Binks’ writing features regularly in Kill Your Darlings, Dymocks, #LoveOzYA, Newswrite, Junior, Stellar Prize School Blog, Wheeler Centre, and Daily Life.

And if ALL those achievements aren’t enough for you, she also has the blue tick of legititude on twitter.

Amazing how apropos this gif is for almost everything … pic.twitter.com/7OaFUgvBsP

— Danielle Binks (@danielle_binks) October 22, 2015

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Lynette Noni: #Robinpedia

Lynette Noni is an Australian writer, Disney fanatic, and survivor of the zombie plague (yes, really). She is the author of the popular Medoran Chronicles and supporter of the #LoveOzYA movement. So far this year, and it’s only January, she has been shortlisted for the Dymocks Top 101, and made the finals of the Booktopia Australian Favourite Author Competition. World domination is scheduled for May, obvi.

Image found on Lynette Noni’s website.

The Medoran Chronicles is a Young Adult fantasy series published through Pantera Press that follows the journey of Alex Jennings, a 16 year old who goes from being nervous about her first day at a new school to literally stepping into a new world. Doors, never trust them.

Lynette Noni grew up on a farm in Outback Australia before moving to the Sunshine Coast. Perhaps her experience of growing up in such an open setting enhanced her ability to take a wide view and encompass expansive settings. That, combined with her love of Narnia. She still checks every cupboard she comes across for a portal. As do I, Lynette, as do I. But don’t forget to check paintings, holes, pretty much everything because ANYTHING can be a portal.

In May of 2018 Kids Can Press in the US and Pantera Press in Aus will release Lynette Noni’s first book outside of the Medoran Chronicles, Whisper. It already has 40 ratings on GoodReads averaging 4.4 stars, and like I’ve previously said, it’s only January. Whisper is a move towards sci-fi thrillers such as The Pretender and Dark Angel. It is set in a huge underground lab, or as Doctor Evil would call it, lair. It focuses on Subject 684 who has been experimented on for the past 2.5 years and has never spoken a word.

I love this review.

When not writing Lynette Noni enjoys chocolate, magic, and magic chocolate. Just quietly, she also enjoys those things when writing. She also loves her proofreader Desanka Vukelich, her agent Victoria Wells Arms, and flying by the seat of her pants.

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Find out about the time Lynette encountered a real life mind reader

I THINK I JUST ENCOUNTERED A REAL-LIFE MIND READER!!

Thread 👇👇👇

— Lynette Noni (@LynetteNoni) January 22, 2018

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