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Danielle Binks

Author of Historical Fiction

based in VIC

Danielle Binks is a Melbourne-based writer and literary agent with Jacinta di Mase Management.

She is the author of bestselling middle-grade book The Year the Maps Changed, and the award-winning young adult books; Begin, End, Begin: A #LoveOzYA Anthology as well as The Monster of Her Age. Her latest middle grade novel is Six Summers of Tash and Leopold.

Danielle also teaches Fiction & Young Adult Writing in the Associate Degree of Professional Writing and Editing at her alum, RMIT University.

Local Area

VIC

Frankston & Mornington Peninsula, Melbourne

Event Types

Reading Workshop Panel guest Panel facilitator Keynote speech Primary school visit Secondary school visit

Genre

Historical Fiction Short stories Young Adult Fiction Children’s Fiction

Age Groups

Young Adult (13+) Middle Grade (8-12)

Themes

Coming of age Friendship Family Death and grief Politics Refugees and political asylum Mental health Australian history Social justice Feminism Racism Class and mobility

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

Get in contact:

daniellebinks.com

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