Judith is a full-time writer and illustrator of children’s books. Over the past 20 years, she has written 15 books and illustrated more than 80. Her work has been translated into 16 languages.
Judith’s latest publications are The Midwatch, a middle grade novel filled with adventure, Play with your Plate, a picture book which she wrote and illustrated, and Wakestone Hall, Wormwood Mire and Withering-by-Sea, three Victorian fantasy-adventure novels for young readers. Withering-by-Sea won the Indie Award for Children and Young Adults, the Australian Book Industry Award for Older Children, and was shortlisted for the Children’s Book Council of Australia Awards and the Aurealis Awards.
Judith’s other books include novels – Jack Jones and the Pirate Curse and Sam and the Killer Robot – sumptuously illustrated maze and puzzle books, such as The Lost Treasure of the Green Iguana and I Spy with Inspector Stilton, and picture books, including Oliver, which was published by HarperCollins in New York, and Ruby and Leonard and the Great Big Surprise, published by Little Hare.
She has also illustrated many books by other authors, including Pink and Bogtrotter, both written by Margaret Wild, To Get to Me by Eleanor Kerr, and You are a Star by Michael Parker.
Judith lives in Melbourne. She worked as a government scientist for a cotton spinning company and studied textile design in Scotland before becoming a full-time writer.
Visit Judith’s website: judithrossell.com
