An Australian children's author, educator, and literacy advocate, she is best known for works such as Possum Magic (1983), Time for Bed (1993), and Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes (2008). Her controversial work, Guess What?, appeared on the list of the 100 Most Challenged Books in America from 1990 until 2000. She attended drama school in England before beginning her career in education and children's literature. She taught literacy studies at Flinders University until 1996.
