Dee White

Dee White is an Australian writer of children's books, short stories, poems, educational resources and freelance articles. She runs workshops for other writers and lives in regional Victoria, Australia. White also runs online writing workshops for children around the world.

Biography Dee White (née Matters) was born in March 1964 in Melbourne, Australia. Her father fled Austria as a child in 1939 during WWII and eventually settled in Australia. White has worked as an advertising copywriter and journalist.

White speaks in schools, offers workshops and has presented at conferences including the VATE (Victorian Association of Teachers of English), the Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Conference (Sydney), CYA Conference (Brisbane) and the SCBWI Europolitan Conference (Amsterdam), The Sunshine Coast International Readers and Writers Festival, and the 2018 Sharjah International Book Fair. White also runs online writing workshops for children around the world.

In 2013, White won a SCBWI Nevada Mentorship and a Copyright Agency Ltd. (Australia) grant to assist with attending the annual SCBWI conference in Nevada. Beyond Belief – Heroes of the Holocaust (Scholastic, 2020) Letters to Leonardo (Mazo Publishing, 2019) K9 Heroes – True Tales of Real Rescues (Scholastic, 2017) Reena's Rainbow (EK Books, 2017) Cupcakes for Sleeping Beauty, Plays to Read (Pearson 2016) Pippa's Pets – Scaredy Cat (Pearson, 2013) Pippa's Pets – Runaway Pony (Pearson, 2013) Pippa's Pets – Lost Dog (Pearson, 2013) Make a Finger Puppet (Pearson, 2013) Who Am I? (Pearson, 2013) I Like to Play (Pearson, 2013) Butterflies (Pearson, 2013) My Cat is Sleeping (Pearson, 2013) My Cat is Hiding (Pearson, 2013) Extreme Ed's Bike Adventures (Pearson, 2013) Extreme Ed's Air Adventures (Pearson, 2013) Tom's Dare (Pearson, 2013) Harry's Goldfield Adventure (Pearson, 2010) Letters to Leonardo (Walker Books, 2009) Hope for Hanna (Pearson, 2008) A Duel of Words (Pearson, 2008)

Awards

Beyond Belief - Heroes of the Holocaust A CBCA Notable Book 2021 A ScreenCraft Cinematic Book Competition Finalist 2021