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Alison Lloyd

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August 04

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Historical Fiction, Children's, History

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Alison Lloyd is an Australian writer. She writes both fiction and non-fiction -- new words about old worlds.

Alison has had ten books for children published, several of which have won national prizes or been shortlisted.

Alison now writes women's historical fiction with elements of romance, adventure, warmth and wit.

You can find her online, and get her newsletter, at https://alisonlloydauthor.com/ .
Alison Lloyd's site for kids is www.alisonlloyd.com.au ...more

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	Meet Letty (Our Australian Girl - Letty, #1) by Alison Lloyd (Goodreads Author), Lucia Masciullo (Illustrator) 4.08 avg rating — 160 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	Year of the Tiger 3.52 avg rating — 170 ratings — published 2008 — 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
	Letty and the Stranger's Lace (Our Australian Girl - Letty, #2) by Alison Lloyd (Goodreads Author), Lucia Masciullo (Illustrator) 3.92 avg rating — 108 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	Letty on the Land (Our Australian Girl - Letty, #3) by Alison Lloyd (Goodreads Author), Lucia Masciullo (Illustrator) 3.93 avg rating — 97 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	Letty's Christmas (Our Australian Girl - Letty, #4) by Alison Lloyd (Goodreads Author), Lucia Masciullo (Illustrator) 3.96 avg rating — 85 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	Our Australian Girl: The Letty Stories: 4 Books in One by Alison Lloyd (Goodreads Author), Lucia Masciullo (Illustrator) 4.34 avg rating — 76 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
	The Upside-down History of Down Under 4.14 avg rating — 44 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
	Do You Dare? Bushranger's Boys 3.74 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Battle Of The Jade Horse 3.80 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Wicked Warriors and Evil Emperors: The True Story of the Fight for Ancient China by Alison Lloyd (Goodreads Author), Terry Denton (Illustrator) 4.05 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2010 — 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

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‘Dreadful Paintings’ that lit up a country

You know those moments when you seem to step through time? This week, I was in the library researching for my novel.* I lost at least half an hour poring over colour plates of nineteenth century artists who painted in my area. A wistful shaft of light and peace filtered into me. To join me in this reverie, read on.

The suburb next to me happens to be where a famous Australian art movement got goin

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Our Australian Girl - Letty (4 books)
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Walking Through Fire: A Memoir of Loss and Redemption

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Life and Practice in the Early Church: A Documentary Reader

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Alaskan Police Protector: Winner of RWA's Romantic Book of the Year (Romantic Suspense) Award 2026

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Alison Lloyd rated a book it was ok The Promise of Wonder (Hallewell Trilogy #1) by Katherine Webb (Goodreads Author)	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
Half a story Poignant and well-written. Reminds me quite a lot of ‘Atonement’, although the style is not quite so literary. This book doesn’t have the disillusioning end of Atonement either- it doesn’t have an end at all. It just stops mid-story. Very ...more
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Alison Lloyd is currently reading Walking Through Fire: A Memoir of Loss and Redemption by Vaneetha Rendall Risner	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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Half a story Poignant and well-written. Reminds me quite a lot of ‘Atonement’, although the style is not quite so literary. This book doesn’t have the disillusioning end of Atonement either- it doesn’t have an end at all. It just stops mid-story. Very ...more
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Alison Lloyd is currently reading Life and Practice in the Early Church: A Documentary Reader by Steve McKinion (Goodreads Author)	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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