ABOUT SHERYL GWYTHER
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I’m Sheryl Gwyther, an author from Brisbane, Australia. I write children’s novels, school plays, short stories and articles, chapter books, and Flash Fiction for adults. I also love presenting workshops at schools, libraries, literature festivals, SCBWI Conferences and in-school Writer-Residency programs.
My novel, SWEET ADVERSITY, a Mid-grade historical adventure set in the Great Depression in Australia was awarded a SCBWI ARA – Work of Outstanding Progress Grant. It’s the first time an Australian has won this award. It was also awarded a SCBWI RAM grant in 2018.
I’ve also been a recipient of two Australian Society of Authors’ Mentorships and two May Gibbs Children’s Literature Trust Fellowships.
My role as a SCBWI ARA in Australia allows me to advocate for writers, children’s books and literacy.
LATEST NEWS: My middle grade historical adventure, SWEET ADVERSITY will be published by HarperCollins Australia in July 2018.
ARTIST STATEMENT
I have a lifelong passion for art and art history, but it is the Australian landscape that has influenced my art practice. I try to express more than a traditional ‘background, mid-ground and foreground’ exploration of the land because to me, there are s0 many aspects to landscape – memory, history, palaeo-history, geology, geography, contours, aerial, micro and macro and literary observations.
A lot of my work also revels in colour – sometimes, I try to think ‘subtle’, ‘pastel hues’ – but …. well, you see the results. I’ve never illustrated books – most of my art is on walls.Writing has taken over my creative life, but I’m still drawn to working on canvas, paper and lino-printing every now and then.
PUBLICATIONS - View in Bookstore
- Books
- Magazine Articles
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Backyard Dinosaurs
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COMET - Pearson Australia
2006
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MUSEUM MINI-MUNCHERS
(Article)
EXPLORE - Pearson Australia
2004
