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Di Taylor

Author of Historical Fiction

based in QLD

DJ Taylor (Di Taylor) is an author of children’s books. Early in her career she was a primary school teacher and a teacher-librarian. Di is a long distance walker and has written many popular travel blogs recording her long distance walks in the United Kingdom and Europe. Her most popular blog documents her 2000kms walk from Land’s End to John O’Groats in the United Kingdom.

Di has a passion for historical fiction and her debut novel for young adult readers, “Anna’s War” published by Riveted Press, is set in German-occupied southern Netherlands during the last eighteen months of World War II. It is based on the true wartime childhood experiences of three children, two of whom are her elderly parents-in-law.

Local Area

QLD

Brisbane, Gold Coast, Ipswich, Logan - Beaudesert, Moreton Bay, Sunshine Coast, Toowoomba

Event Types

Reading Workshop Panel guest Primary school visit Secondary school visit

Genre

Historical Fiction History Young Adult Fiction

Age Groups

Young Adult (13+)

Themes

Friendship Family Identity and belonging General history Resilience war trust family loyalty

This author holds a Working with Children Check (WWCC).

Get in contact:

djtaylorauthor.com