Elaine Forrestal

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'''Elaine Forrestal''' (born 1941)<ref></ref> is a Western Australian writer of books for children and young adults, including her 1996 book, ''[[Someone Like Me (novel)|Someone Like Me]]''.

== Career ==
Elaine Forrestal was born in [[Perth]], Western Australia in 1941.<ref name=":0"></ref> She graduated with a Bachelor of Education and Diploma of Teaching from [[Edith Cowan University]].<ref name=":2"></ref> She worked as a school teacher prior to taking up full-time writing in 1999.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":1"></ref> She also holds a higher degree in creative writing from the [[University of Western Australia]].<ref name=":2" />

Forrestal began publishing short stories in 1983. ''The Watching Lake'', published in 1991, was her first novel.<ref name=":2" />

In 2012 Forrestal was presented with the Muriel Barwell Award for Distinguished Service to Children's Literature by the Western Australian branch of the [[Children's Book Council of Australia]].<ref name=":0" />

Her papers, including manuscripts and correspondence, are held in the [[State Library of Western Australia]].<ref name=":1" />

== Awards and recognition ==

=== ''Someone Like Me'' ===

* Winner, West Australian Young Readers' Book Award – Hoffman Award, 1997<ref name=":0" />
* Winner, CBCA [[Children's Book of the Year Award: Younger Readers]], 1998<ref name=":0" />
* Shortlisted, YABBA – Fiction for Older Readers, 1999<ref name=":0" />

== Selected works ==

* ''The Watching Lake'', Puffin, 1991
* ''Someone Like Me'', Puffin, 1996
* ''Leaving No Footprints'', Puffin, 2001
* ''Miss Llewellyn Jones'', Fremantle Press, 2008
* ''Black Jack Anderson'', Penguin, 2008
*''Goldfields Girl'', Fremantle Press, 2020

== References ==


== External links ==

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[[Category:1941 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Australian children's writers]]
[[Category:Edith Cowan University alumni]]
[[Category:University of Western Australia alumni]]

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