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Annaleise Byrd

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Annaleise Byrd grew up on a farm in Queensland, ignoring most farm-related pursuits in favour of reading books. She then spent nine years in England and Canada, neglecting a variety of jobs in favour of reading books. Eventually, she realised the best way to get away with this was to become an author.

Annaleise now writes funny books for kids and lives in Brisbane with her husband, two young sons and rescue greyhound. Her debut middle grade novel, Losing the Plot, was published by Walker Books Australia in March 2024. It was followed by a sequel, Down the Plot Hole, in April 2025, along with her debut picture book, You Are Not a Pup!, with Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing.

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Average rating: 4.26 · 115 ratings · 32 reviews · 6 distinct works • Similar authors

	Losing the Plot (Losing the Plot #1) 4.22 avg rating — 83 ratings — 5 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
	Down the Plot Hole (Losing the Plot #2) 4.50 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2025 — 3 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
	You Are Not a Pup! by Annaleise Byrd (Goodreads Author), Sandra de la Prada (Illustrator) 4.10 avg rating — 10 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
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	I Need Space - Không gian by Annaleise Byrd (Goodreads Author), Nici Brockwell (Illustrator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 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
	Down the Plot Hole: [Large Print] 0.00 avg rating — 0 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

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Losing the Plot is one week old!

Today is one week since Losing the Plot came out! It's been a strange mix of normal life (laundry, sick kids, editing book 2 etc) interspersed with little bursts of excitement as a review comes in or someone sends me a photo of it in Big W or tells me their kid is reading it. THANK YOU to each and every one of you for your enthusiasm and support! 😍

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Published on March 13, 2024 19:18 • Tags: adventure, australian-author, brothers-grimm, debut-author, fairytales, fantasy, hansel-and-gretel, humour, middle-grade, portal-fantasy, publication-month

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Just One Thing: How simple changes can transform your life

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My Other World

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The Diary of a Young Girl

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