Jill McDougall

Jill McDougall tried working as a waitress, a bus driver, a biscuit sorter and a deck-hand before setting on a teaching career. For many years, she combined teaching with writing and created poems, plays and short stories to entertain her pupils. Jill’s first published book (a selection of poems) arose from the ten years she spent teaching on remote indigenous communities in Australia. She is the author of the award winning book, Anna the Goanna. Jinxed is her first book with Walker Books.