Alison Robertson

Websitehttp://alisonrobertson.co.nz

I'm an award-winning children's author, freelance writer, proof reader, copy editor.

I have diplomas in journalism and creative writing and my career has included radio news and sport, community newspapers, public relations and strategic communications.

Genre:

  • Childrens Writing
  • Journalism
  • Lifestyle
  • Management
  • Non-fiction
  • Short stories

Skills:

  • Broadcast journalism
  • Corporate writing
  • Editing
  • Journalism
  • Print media writing (magazines/newspapers)
  • Proofreading
  • Public speaking
  • Readings (children/schools)
  • Short story writing

Branch:

Hamilton

Location:

Hamilton

Publications:

A selection of my children's writing. Knocked for Six won the Esther Glen Medal and was a finalist in the NZ Post Children's Book Awards.

Finding Isabella

Loosely based on my great great grandmother who was sent to New Zealand in disgrace in the 1880s and who lived the rest of her life in Napier. The story is told through the eyes of Stacey who investigates her great great great grandmother for a school assignment. Only Stacey has big issues of her own to deal with...