Sally+Rippin

Sally Rippin Sally Rippin was born in Darwin, Australia, but grew up mainly in South-East Asia. As an adult she spent three years in China studying traditional Chinese painting before moving to France with her family for three years. Now Sally lives in Melbourne, Australia, where she writes and illustrates for children of all ages. Sally has had over thirty children’s books published including two novels for Young Adults. Currently she teaches Writing for Children at RMIT University and is a mentor for the Australian Society of Authors.

She attended RMIT TAFE and studied Art & Design there for a year before moving to China for three years where she studied traditional Chinese painting. While there she wrote many short stories based on her experiences there, which eventually became material for Chenxi and the Foreigner. She began to write and illustrate picture books. The first book published was, Fang Fang’s Chinese New Year, which won an illustrator’s award.

Sally now travels around Australia and overseas to give talks and run workshops for adults and children about things she is passionate about! Recently she has had residencies in China, Singapore and Ghana.

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 * ArtsHub** | Thursday, August 19, 2010