Rosanne Hawke (born 1953) is an Australian author from Penola, South Australia[1][2] who has written over 25 books for young adults and children.
She writes about culture, faith, relationships, displacement and belonging, music and cats.
Her first short story was published in the magazine of Moura State School, Queensland in 1967 when she was in grade 8.
It wasn't until Rosanne was working in the Middle East and Pakistan, teaching English as a Second Language and bringing up kids that she started to write seriously.
[4] According to Emma Bennett,[5] Hawke pioneered multicultural approaches to writing for children.