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| Popular As | Alison Lester |
| Occupation | Children's Author |
| Age | 72 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Scorpio |
| Born | November 17, 1952 (Australia) |
| Birthday | November 17 |
| Town/City | Australia |
| Nationality | Australia |
Alison Lester’s zodiac sign is Scorpio. According to astrologers, Scorpio-born are passionate and assertive people. They are determined and decisive, and will research until they find out the truth. Scorpio is a great leader, always aware of the situation and also features prominently in resourcefulness. Scorpio is a Water sign and lives to experience and express emotions. Although emotions are very important for Scorpio, they manifest them differently than other water signs. In any case, you can be sure that the Scorpio will keep your secrets, whatever they may be.
Alison Lester was born in the Year of the Dragon. A powerful sign, those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Dragon are energetic and warm-hearted, charismatic, lucky at love and egotistic. They’re natural born leaders, good at giving orders and doing what’s necessary to remain on top. Compatible with Monkey and Rat.
Known for both her picture books for children and her fiction works for young adults, this Australian author and Artist earned a Children's Book Council of Australia Award (CBCA) for her work Are We There Yet?: A Journey Around Australia.
After attending a boarding school in Victoria, Australia, she enrolled at The Melbourne Teachers' College. She began her career as an Illustrator in the late 1970s, and her first children's book, Clive Eats Alligators, was published in 1985.
Her popular and critically-acclaimed works for children and young adults include such titles as Ernie Dances To The Didgeridoo, The Journey Home, and The Snow Pony.
She was raised on a Victoria, Australia seaside farm, and she grew up riding horses and reading novels.
She and her Australian contemporary, Mem Fox, both had successful careers as children's book authors.
