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Jeanette M Thompson, author of Bone and Beauty: The Ribbon Boys Rebellion
Photo by Linda Pasfield Photography

Jeanette M Thompson

Biography

Jeanette Thompson graduated as Doctor of Creative Arts from the University of Technology Sydney. Jeanette’s upcoming 2020 novel, Bone and Beauty, grew out of her research into Australian colonial history and creative nonfiction writing. She has been a lecturer in Children's Literature, Charles Sturt University, and a tutor for the Family History Unit, University of Tasmania. Her research and community writing have explored ways of making history accessible and engaging for a wide variety of audiences.