Ursula Dubosarsky
About the author

Ursula Dubosarsky

Ursula Dubosarsky is widely regarded as one of the most talented and original writers in Australia today. She is the author of over 40 books for children and young adults, which have won a number of national prizes, including the NSW, Victorian, South Australian and Queensland Premier's Literary Awards.Alongside her fiction for older children, Ursula has a wonderful talent for picture books such as the highly popular The Terrible Plop and Too Many Elephants in This House, which have both been adapted as successful stage productions. She has also written the non-fiction Word Spy books about the English language, both of which also won major national awards.Ursula has a PhD in English literature from Macquarie University and lives in Sydney with her family.

Books by Ursula Dubosarsky

Ursula Dubosarsky Articles

Hilarious and Heartwarming: Read Our review of Mary and Marcus: The Crazy Dance and Other Stories by Ursula Dubosarsky and Andrew Joyner

Review | Our Review

8 March 2022

Hilarious and Heartwarming: Read Our review of Mary and Marcus: The Crazy Dance and Other Stories by Ursula Dubosarsky and Andrew Joyner

From girl to dog: Read an extract from Pierre's Not There by Ursula Dubosarsky

Review | Extract

30 November 2020

From girl to dog: Read an extract from Pierre's Not There by Ursula Dubosarsky