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Mary-Anne O'Connor nee Best grew up in Wahroonga in the Bushland Shire of Hornsby-Kuringai, northern Sydney. The youngest of six children, her childhood was spent exploring the local bush and playing music with her siblings and close neighbours. An avid reader, she devoured her mother Dorn's extensive library and was often found trying to finish a chapter by torchlight late at night. She also began to fill every blank piece of paper in the house with stories and drawings of her own and dreamt of becoming a writer one day.

When she was twelve her father Kevin Best left his established career in the stock-market to become one of Australia's best-loved artists. The perseverance and ultimate triumph she witnessed during those years left her insp
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Top 10 Reads for Lazy Summer Days

So the kids are back at school, you've finally got on top of that email inbox and there's a window of time in the afternoon for a rest and a read- but what to indulge in? Better Reading asked me recently to share my top 10 faves and so here they are:

1. Jasper Jones, by Craig Silvey.
One of my all-time favourite reads, Jasper Jones is the tale of a teenage boy called Charlie Bucktin who lives in a c Read more of this blog post »
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The Stowaway by Mary-Anne O'Connor
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