Margaret Balderson (1935-) Biography

Born 1935, in Concord, New South Wales, Australia; Hobbies and other interests: Bushwalking.

Agent—c/o Author Mail, Scholastic Australia, P.O. Box 579, Lindfield, New South Wales 2070, Australia.

Writer. Formerly worked at a library in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, and as a house mistress at a girls' boarding school. Volunteer at Merigal Dingo Sanctuary, New South Wales, Australia.

Children's Book of the Year Award for Older Readers, Children's Book Council of Australia, and runner-up, Carnegie Medal, Library Association (England), both 1969, both for When Jays Fly to Bárbmo.