David McRobbie

David McRobbie
David McRobbie
Born David Hewitt McRobbie
September 17, 1934 (1934-09-17) (age 77)
Glasgow, Scotland
Occupation Writer
Nationality Australian

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David McRobbie is an Australian writer of television, radio and children's literature.

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Biography

McRobbie was born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1934.[1] In 1958 he moved to Australia and worked as a teacher in the 1960s in Papua New Guinea.[2] He is currently a full-time writer but has previously worked as a television and radio producer, a ship's engineer, and a college lecturer. McRobbie's first published work was in 1976 with a collection of stories, entitled Talking Tree and Other Stories.[3] In 1991 he started writing the series of Wayne which he adapted in 1996 into a television series entitled The Wayne Manifesto.[3] In 2000 he created the television series Eugenie Sandler P.I. and was short-listed for the Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Award for older readers for his novel, Tyro.[2] In 2002 his novel Mum, Me, and the 19th C was a finalist for the Aurealis Award for best young-adult novel.[4]

Bibliography

Novels

Wayne

  • The Wayne Manifesto (1991)
  • Waxing with Wayne (1993)
  • The Wayne Dynasty (1993)
  • The Wages Of Wayne (1994)
  • Wayne in the Wings (1994)
  • A Whole Lot of Wayne (2008)

Other novels

  • Punch Lines (1987)
  • Head Over Heels (1990)
  • The Fourth Caution (1991)
  • This Book Is Haunted (1993)
  • Timelock (1993)
  • Mandragora (1994)
  • Prices (1995)
  • See How They Run (1996)
  • Mum, Me, the 19c (1999)
  • Tyro (1999)
  • Eugenie Sandler P.I. (2000)
  • Fergus Mcphail (2001)
  • Mum, Me, and the 19th C (2002)
  • Strandee (2003)
  • Mad Arm of the Y (2005)
  • Vinnie's War (2011)

Collections

  • Talking Tree and Other Stories (1976)
  • Flying with Granny and Other Stories (1989)

Short fiction

  • "Album" (1995) in Dark House (ed. Gary Crew)

Source: Fantastic Fiction, ISFDB

Television

  • The Wayne Manifesto (1996–1997) writer of 26 episodes, adapted from the Wayne series
  • See How They Run (1999) adapted from McRobbie's 1996 novel See How They Run
  • Eugenie Sandler P.I. (2000) creator and writer
  • Fergus McPhail (2004) creator and writer of 26 episodes

Source: IMDB

Nominations

Aurealis Awards

  • Best young-adult novel
    • 2002: Nomination: Mum, Me, and the 19th C

Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Award

References



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