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biography of robin klein in 150 words​

Answer 1

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Robin Klein was born 28 February 1936 in Kempsey, New South Wales into a family of nine children. Leaving school at age 15, Klein worked several jobs before becoming established as a writer, having her first story published at age 16. She would go on to write more than 40 books, including Hating Alison Ashley (adapted into a feature film starring Delta Goodrem in 2005), Halfway Across the Galaxy and Turn Left (adapted into a television series for the Seven Network in 1992), and Came Back to Show You I Could Fly (adapted into a film directed by Richard Lowenstein in 1993).

Klein’s books are hugely celebrated, having won the CBCA Children’s Book of the Year Award in both the Younger Readers and the Older Readers categories, as well as a Human Rights Award for Literature in 1989 for Came Back to Show You I Could Fly. Klein is widely considered one of Australia’s most prolific and beloved YA authors.

Answer 2

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Robin provided the following advice to young writers - Consider yourself in a very long apprenticeship which will last all your life. Learn to stand back and evaluate your own work and see the flaws in it and improve things. Take yourself seriously as a writer in training, no matter what age you are. Set aside some time each day to work.

Robin Klein was one of nine children. She had her first short story published at the age of sixteen. She worked in number of jobs before becoming an established writer, including tea lady at a warehouse, bookshop assistant, nurse, copper enamelist, and program aide at a school for disadvantaged children.In 1981 she was awarded a Literature Board grant for writing, and since then she has had more than twenty books published. Robin Klein was educated at Newcastle Girls' High School.