Author
Christobel Mattingley
Christobel Mattingley was the author of more than thirty-five books for children, films scripts, short stories and poetry. She won the inaugural Children’s Book Council of Australia Junior Book of the Year Award for Rummage. Other award-winning books include Windmill at Magpie Creek, The Miracle Tree, The Angel with a Mouth-Organ and No Gun for Asmir. The Race was an Honour Book in the Children’s Book Council of Australia Picture Book of the Year Awards. She received an Advance Australia Medal for her contribution to literature in Australia. Battle Order 204, a biography of her husband David was published by Allen & Unwin.
Christobel Mattingley died in 2019.