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Australian author (1931–2019)

Christobel Rosemary MattingleyAM (26 October 1931 – 1 June 2019)^[1][2] was an Australian author of books for children and adults.^[3] Her book Rummage won the Children's Book of the Year Award: Younger Readers and Children's Book of the Year Award: Picture Book in 1982.

In the 1996 Queen's Birthday Honours Mattingley was made a Member of the Order of Australia for "service to literature, particularly children's literature, and for community service through her commitment to social and cultural issues".^[4]

Her last book was Maralinga's long shadow: Yvonne's story, which was published in 2016^[5] and won the 2017 the Young People's History Prize at the NSW Premier's History Awards.^[6]

Bibliography

Children's books

• Mattingley, Christobel (1970).

  The picnic dog.

  Christobel Mattingley - Books, Biography, Contact Information

  Illustrated by Carolyn Dinan. London: Hamish Hamilton.

• Mattingley, Christobel (1973). Queen The Miracle Tree by Christobel Mattingley | Goodreads KIRIW