Táto autorka ponúka bohatý a rozmanitý literárny svet, ktorý zahŕňa napínavé krimi, pôvabné detské príbehy a provokatívne YA romány. Jej tvorba, ktorá sa opiera o viac ako dvadsaťpäť rokov skúseností, je charakterizovaná vytrvalosťou a hlbokým porozumením pre postavy, často s nádychom humoru a múdrosti. Detské a YA knihy, ktoré sa dočkali celosvetového úspechu, ukazujú jej schopnosť osloviť mladších čitateľov, zatiaľ čo jej krimi romány, inšpirované silnými ženskými postavami a zložitými zápletkami, dokazujú jej majstrovstvo v žánri.
It's 1900 ... and Rose lives with her family in a big house in Melbourne. She wants to play cricket, climb trees and be an adventurer! But Rose's mother has other ideas, and only wants Rose to be a proper young lady, wear frilly dresses and learn how to sew. Then Rose's favourite young aunt, Alice, comes to town, and everything changes ..
When Nicholas Nosh's cousin Primrose tells him he's too small to be a real pirate, he just has to show her she's wrong! But when things don't go to plan and Primrose is kidnapped, he wishes he'd kept his mouth shut. Can the littlest pirate in the world make it out of a vey big pickle?
He may be the littlest pirate in the world, but he's also the bravest! Evil Captain Hammerhead has sailed away with the family treasure. Nicholas Nosh can catch him, but he'll need all his courage.
Nicholas Nosh is the littlest pirate in the world. H’s not allowed to go to sea, and he’s bored. Very bored. 'I’ll show them', he says.