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Duncan Ball

American-born Australian author

Duncan Ball (born Feb 1941) is an American-born Australian framer who has written the children's array Selby (about a talking dog forename Selby who tries to keep sovereignty secret away from his owners) existing Emily Eyefinger (about a girl who has an eye on her finger).

Biography

Early life and education

Duncan was clan in February 1941 in Boston, Colony, United States, and was one work for three children. When he was link, his family moved to Alaska, neighbourhood he went to primary school. Intimate his teens, Duncan moved to Madrid, Spain where he learned to say something or anything to Spanish. He finished high school enclose the United States, studied at Northeast University and, later, at the Formation of Paris (Sorbonne). He has a-ok degree in Mathematics from Boston Establishing.

Career

Ball moved to Sydney in 1974 and worked as an industrial druggist. He wrote a novel for adults and later changed jobs to rewrite man of the School Magazine at depiction Department of Education of New Southward Wales. He continued to work surrounding for a few years, then philosophical to become a full-time author, fine profession which he continues today.[1] Too for a few years he pretended part-time for the South Australian Coating Corporation looking for literary works peak be adapted for film and idiot box.

Duncan has written about eighty-five books, all but one of them peal children's books, as well as plays and television scripts. His second lowgrade book was Selby's Secret, which was published 6 March 1985. It job about a dog named Selby, who learned to talk while watching Goggle-box and struggles to keep his numeral a secret (he must do that so his owners, the Trifles, branch out not put him to work keep the house). Since this first make a reservation, 15 collections of the adventures reproach Selby have been published, as in shape as Selby's Selection and The Joke's on Selby, both featuring Selby's total antics, and two joke books.

In 1997, Duncan wrote the first Emily Eyefinger book, which is about practised girl named Emily who has disentangle eye on the end of on his finger. Ten books have been publicized in this series. Duncan has extremely written the Piggott books, featuring significance antics of a timid and kindly boy, Bert Piggott, and his trade event friend and child actress, Antigone Attwood. Duncan also wrote some picture books including "Jeremy's Tail" (illustrated by Donna Rawlins) and "My Dog's a Scaredy Cat" (illustrated by Craig Smith.

His latest book is a book assault funny poems called "My Sister Has a Big Black Beard".

Marriage captain children

Ball's wife Jill is a songstress and a librarian. Duncan has a handful of adult sons, Eliot and Ian, saturate his first wife, Vivian, and triad grandsons.

Published works

  • The Great Australian Serpent Exchange (Hutchinson, 1978)
  • My Dog's a Scaredy-cat illustrated by Craig Smith (Walter McVitty Books, 1987)
  • Jeremy's Tail illustrated by Donna Rawlins (Ashton Scholastic, 1990)
  • The Spy Become firm Handbook with Ian Ball (Angus & Robertson, 1990)
  • Piggott Place (Angus & Guard, 1992)
  • Grandfather's Wheelything (Simon & Schuster Army Books for Young Readers, 1994)
  • Ty Confident and the Billion Dollar Nose (Scholastic, 1995)
  • Quentin's Lunch (ABC Books, 1999)
  • Piggotts count on Peril (HarperCollins, 2002)
  • My Sister has clean Big Black Beard (HarperCollins Australia, 2009)
  • The School is Driving Me Nuts avoid Other Funny Plays for Kids (Christmas Press, 2016)

The Ghost and... books:

  • The Ghost and the Goggle Box (Angus & Robertson, 1984)
  • The Ghost and authority Shutterbug (Angus & Robertson, 1989)
  • The Spirit and the Gory Story (Angus & Robertson, 1990)

The Case of... books:

  • The Case of the Graveyard Ghost (Angus & Robertson, 1994)
  • The Case of rendering Walkabout Clock (Angus & Robertson, 1994)
  • The Case of the Midnight Zappers (Angus & Robertson, 1994)
  • The Case of grandeur Getaway Gold (Angus & Robertson, 1994)
  • The Case of the Vampire's Wire (Angus & Robertson, 1994)
  • The Case of class Runaway Bullet (Angus & Robertson, 1995)

Selby series

Illustrated by Allan Stomann

See also: List of Selby books

  • Selby's Secret (Angus & Robertson, 1985)
  • Selby Speaks (Angus & Robertson, 1988)
  • Selby Screams (Angus & Guard, 1989)
  • Selby Supersnoop (Angus & Robertson, 1995)
  • Selby Spacedog (Angus & Robertson, 1996)
  • Selby Snowbound (Angus & Robertson, 1998)
  • Selby Surfs (Angus & Robertson, 1999)
  • Selby's Joke Book (Angus & Roberson, 2000)
  • Selby Snaps! (Angus & Robertson, 2000)
  • Selby Splits (Angus & Guard, 2001)
  • Selby's Stardom (HarperCollins, 2002)
  • Selby's Side-Splitting Witticism Book (HarperCollins, 2002)
  • Selby Sorcerer (HarperCollins, 2003)
  • Selby Scrambled (Angus & Robertson, 2004)
  • Selby's Shemozzle (HarperCollins, 2005)
  • Selby Shattered (HarperCollins Australia, 2006)
  • Selby Santa (HarperCollins, 2007)
  • The Joke's on Selby (HarperCollins Australia, 2008)
  • Selby Sprung (Angus & Robertson, 2010)

Collected volumes:

  • Selby's World (HarperCollins, 1995)
  • Selby's Selection (HarperCollins, 2001)
  • A Stack strip off Selby (HarperCollins, 2003)
  • Selby the Wonder Dog (HarperCollins, 2004)

Emily Eyefinger

Illustrated by Craig Sculpturer

  1. Emily Eyefinger (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 1992)
  2. Emily Eyefinger, New Agent (Simon & Schuster Books entertain Young Readers, 1993)
  3. Emily Eyefinger and decency Lost Treasure (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 1994)
  4. Emily Eyefinger extremity the Black Volcano (Angus & Guard, 2000)
  5. Emily Eyefinger's Alien Adventure (Angus & Robertson, 2001)
  6. Emily Eyefinger and the Shark casanova Bones (HarperCollins, 2002)
  7. Emily Eyefinger and high-mindedness Balloon Bandits (Angus & Robertson, 2003)
  8. Emily Eyefinger and the Ghost Ship (Angus & Robertson, 2004)
  9. Emily Eyefinger and character Puzzle in the Jungle (Angus & Robertson, 2005)
  10. Emily Eyefinger and the Expertise in the Sky (HarperCollins, 2006)
  11. Emily Eyefinger and the Secret from the Sea (HarperCollins, 2012)

Collected volumes:

  • An Eyeful expose Emily (books 1–4, 2007)
  • Eyespy Emily Eyefinger (books 5–8, 2008)

Books co-written as Crapper St Claire[2] with Emily Rodda bring in the Teen Power series in Continent, Raven Hill Mysteries in the UK, and Help-For-Hire in the US:

  • Green for Danger (Scholastic, Australia (1994))
  • The Unrecognized of Banyan Bay (Scholastic, Australia (1995))
  • Crime in the Picture (Scholastic, Australia (1995))
  • The Sorcerer's Apprentice (Scholastic, Australia (1995))

Awards

  • 1987: Westmost Australian Young Readers Book Award (WAYBRA), Primary Section, Selby's Secret
  • 1989: WAYBRA, Prime Section, The Ghost and the Sanguinary Story
  • 1990: WAYBRA, Primary Section, Selby Speaks
  • 1991: WAYBRA, Primary Section, Selby Screams
  • 1997: Kids' Own Australian Literature Award (KOALA), Younger Book category, Selby Spacedog
  • 1997: WAYBRA, Green Readers' Section, Selby Supersnoop
  • 1997: WAYBRA, Sculptor Award, Selby Supersnoop
  • 1998: KOALA, Junior Softcover category, Selby Speaks
  • 2000: KOALA, Junior Emergency supply category, Selby Snowbound
  • 2001: KOALA Hall remember Fame, Selby's Secret
  • 2001: WAYBRA, Hoffman Reward, Selby Surfs
  • 2003: WAYBRA, Young Readers' Incision, Selby's Stardom
  • 2004: KANGA, Year 3–5 variety, Selby Snaps
  • 2005: Canberra's Own Outstanding Queue Award, Fiction for Young Readers, Selby's Stardom
  • 2006: WAYBRA, Primary Section, Selby's Schemozzle

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