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Previously a technical writer and music journalist, Stef Gemmill swapped the mosh-pit for toys and tantrums to write books for curious children. Her work often reflects her quest to understand the true meaning of ‘home’ after spending a short period in a foster home in her teenage years. Themes of homelessness and change are reflected in her debut picture book, A Home for Luna, winner of the Rubery Book Award (children’s category) 2020. Stef’s other publications include picture books In My Dreams, Toy Mountain and This Drop of Water. The Ghost Horse of Snowy River is the author’s first middle-grade fiction book.
Stef lives in the Victorian High Country in winter where The Ghost Horse of Snowy River is set, and on the Surf Coast in summer wit ...more

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	A Home for Luna by Stef Gemmill (Goodreads Author), Mel Armstrong (Illustrator) 4.13 avg rating — 45 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In My Dreams by Stef Gemmill (Goodreads Author), Tanja Stephani (illustrator) 3.94 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2020 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ghost Horse of Snowy River 4.78 avg rating — 9 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Toy Mountain 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sea Shanties Anthology by Dimity Powell (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Sally Odgers (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Stef Gemmill (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2018	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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The final book in Orr’s historical fiction trilogy, Cuckoo’s Flight is a book of adventure, peril, ancient history as well as a coming-of-age story. But mostly, it is a book on a life of contrasts. It digs deeply into the hierarchy of life in the Bro ...more
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