Katrina Nannestad
About the author

Katrina Nannestad

Katrina Nannestad is an award-winning Australian author. Her books include We Are WolvesThe Girl Who Brought Mischief, the Girl, the Dog and the Writer series, the Olive of Groves series, the Red Dirt Diaries series, the Lottie Perkins series and Bungaloo Creek.Katrina grew up in country New South Wales in a neighbourhood stuffed full of happy children. Her adult years have been spent teaching, raising boys, perfecting her recipe for chocolate-chip bickies and pursuing her love of stories. She now lives near Bendigo with her family and an exuberant black whippet called Olive

Books by Katrina Nannestad

Katrina Nannestad Articles

3 Reasons Why You Should Read Frances Bloom #2: Dangerous Days by Katrina Nannestad, Illustrated by Marina Zlatanova

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11 May 2026

3 Reasons Why You Should Read Frances Bloom #2: Dangerous Days by Katrina Nannestad, Illustrated by Marina Zlatanova

3 Reasons Why You Should Read The Story Writer's Handbook by Katrina Nannestad, Illustrated by Cheryl Orsini

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8 December 2025

3 Reasons Why You Should Read The Story Writer's Handbook by Katrina Nannestad, Illustrated by Cheryl Orsini

3 Reasons Why You Should Read Frances Bloom by Katrina Nannestad, illustrated by Marina Zlatanova

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11 November 2025

3 Reasons Why You Should Read Frances Bloom by Katrina Nannestad, illustrated by Marina Zlatanova

3 Reasons Why You Should Read All The Beautiful Things by Katrina Nannestad

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12 November 2024

3 Reasons Why You Should Read All The Beautiful Things by Katrina Nannestad

A Heartbreaking and Uplifting Historical Novel: Read Our Review of Silver Linings by Katrina Nannestad

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8 November 2023

A Heartbreaking and Uplifting Historical Novel: Read Our Review of Silver Linings by Katrina Nannestad

Powerful and Inspiring: Read Our Review of Waiting for the Storks by Katrina Nannestad

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2 November 2022

Powerful and Inspiring: Read Our Review of Waiting for the Storks by Katrina Nannestad

A Parisian Adventure: Read Our Review of The Travelling Bookshop #3: Mim and the Anxious Artist by Katrina Nannestad, Illustrated by Cheryl Orsini

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9 August 2022

A Parisian Adventure: Read Our Review of The Travelling Bookshop #3: Mim and the Anxious Artist by Katrina Nannestad, Illustrated by Cheryl Orsini

The Magic of Books: Extract from The Travelling Bookshop #2: Mim and the Woeful Wedding by Katrina Nannestad, illustrated by Cheryl Orsini

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11 March 2022

The Magic of Books: Extract from The Travelling Bookshop #2: Mim and the Woeful Wedding by Katrina Nannestad, illustrated by Cheryl Orsini

All Aboard! Read Our Review of The Travelling Bookshop #2: Mim and the Woeful Wedding by Katrina Nannestad, illustrated by Cheryl Orsini

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8 March 2022

All Aboard! Read Our Review of The Travelling Bookshop #2: Mim and the Woeful Wedding by Katrina Nannestad, illustrated by Cheryl Orsini

Can Love Overcome War? Read an Extract from Rabbit, Soldier, Angel, Thief by Katrina Nannestad

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29 October 2021

Can Love Overcome War? Read an Extract from Rabbit, Soldier, Angel, Thief by Katrina Nannestad