Are you stuck trying to find a good book to read? Have a look at the list below. Under each Reading Genre or type of books, you will find a list of authors who write that type of story. You could also go to the OPAC computers in the Resource Centre to find out what books we have which have been written by that author or you could browse the shelves where those books are found. Remember to use the first three letters of the author’s last name.
Here we go:
ADVENTURE and MYSTERY
Vashti FARRER
Pauline FISK
S E HINTON
Anthony HOROWITZ
Margaret MAHY
David McROBBIE
Michael MORPURGO
Katherine PATERSON
Gary PAULSEN
Rosemary SUTCLIFFE
ANIMAL STORIES
Colin DANN
Kenneth GRAHAM
Russell HOBAN
Victor KELLEHER
Gillian RUBINSTEIN
Christobel MATTINGLEY
E B WHITE
AUSTRALIA
Felice ARENA
Allan BAILLIE
Errol BROOME
Margaret CLARK
Andrew DADDO
Justin D’ATH
Garry DISHER
Anna FIENBERG
Jackie FRENCH
Libby GLEESON
Nette HINTON
Odo HIRSCH
Elizabeth HONEY
Diana KIDD
Robin KLEIN
Alison LESTER
Christobel MATTINGLEY
James MOLONEY
Wendy ORR
Emily RODDA
Gillian RUBINSTEIN
Ruth STARKE
Colin THIELE
CLASSICS
Louisa May ALCOTT
J M BARRIE
Mary Grant BRUCE
Frances Hodgson BARNETT
Lewis CARROLL
May GIBBS
C S LEWIS
Kenneth GRAHAME
Norman LINDSAY
Ruth PARK
Jules VERNE
FAMILY STORIES
Judy BLUME
Ursula DUBOSARSKY
Anna FIENBERG
Jackie FRENCH
Simon FRENCH
Morris GLEITZMAN
Libby HATHORN
Steven HERRICK
Elizabeth HONEY
Diana KIDD
Robin KLEIN
John MARSDEN
FANTASY
Isobelle CARMODY
Susan COOPER
Pamela FREEMAN
Alan GARNER
Diana Wynne JONES
Victor KELLEHER
Ursula LE GUIN
Garth NIX
Tamora PIERCE
Natalie Jane PRIOR
Emily RODDA
J K ROWLING
Jenny WAGNER
HISTORICAL FICTION
Allan BAILLIE
Gary CREW
Garry DISHER
Ursula DUBOSARSKY
Vashti FARRER
Jackie FRENCH
Catherine JINKS
James MOLONEY
Sally MORGAN
Ruth PARK
Gary PAULSEN
Nadia WHEATLEY
HORROR or GHOSTS
Joan AIKEN
Gillian CROSS
Libby HATHORN
Anthony HOROWITZ
Catherine JINKS
Diana Wynne JONES
Robert LEESON
David McROBBIE
Margaret MAHY
Philippa PEARCE
Ann PILLING
Robert WESTALL
HUMOUR
Duncan BALL
Betsy BYARS
Margaret CLARK
Gillian CROSS
Andrew DADDO
Roald DAHL
Morris GLEITZMAN
Andy GRIFFITHS
Paul JENNINGS
Ann PILLING
Moya SIMONS
Tim WINTON
RELATIONSHIPS and ISSUES
Allan BAILLIE
Nina BAWDEN
Judy BLUME
Anne FINE
Libby GLEESON
Diana KIDD
Robin KLEIN
Katherine PATERSON
Tim WINTON
SCIENCE FICTION
Brian CASWELL
Nicholas FISK
Sally ODGERS
Gillian RUBINSTEIN
Jules VERNE
H G WELLS
John WYNDHAM
WAR
Allan BAILLIE
Deborah ELLIS
Zlata FILIPOVIC
Anne FRANK
Jackie FRENCH
Esther HAUTZIG
Thomas KENEALLY
Judith KERR
Lois LOWRY
Christobel MATTINGLEY
Michael MORPURGO
Ian SERRAILLIER
Robert WESTALL
