Angela Walker
Angela Walker specialises in writing creative non-fiction. Her first book, a true Second World War story, was published in the UK in 2017.
An Olympian and Commonwealth Games gold medallist herself, Angela's next book was Ideals Are Like Stars: The Dame Yvette Williams Story, published by David Bateman, April 2022.
Her writing has appeared in Newsroom, Stuff, NZ Herald, and The Spinoff.
A runner-up in the Joy Cowley Awards in 2018, Angela went on to write AH-CHOO! - a children's picture book illustrated by Ross Hamilton and published by David Bateman, June 2023.
Genre:
- Adult Non-Fiction
- Biography
- Children's Fiction
- Freelance Writer
Skills:
- Corporate Writing
- Editing
- Freelance Writing
- Print Media Writing (magazines/newspapers)
- Public Speaking
- Readings (adults)
Branch:
Auckland
Location:
Auckland
Publications:
From Battle of Britain Airman to POW Escapee
This is the Second World War story of a champion cyclist turned airman who lived to tell the tale against almost impossible odds.
http://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/From-Battle-of-Britain-Airman-to-PoW-Escapee-Hardback/p/12708
Ideals Are Like Stars: The Dame Yvette Williams Story
The first New Zealand woman to win an Olympic gold medal, a feat not repeated for forty years.The remarkable true story of a trailblazing young woman who defied the odds to become an Olympic gold medallist in long jump at the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki.
Published by David Bateman, April 2022
AH-CHOO!
Max says 'AH-CHOO!' when he sneezes, Jun says 'HAKUSHON!' and Misha says 'APCHKHI!' All Max wants is a friend who is just like him, but perhaps friends, like sneezes, don't always need to be the same.