Sally Rippin

Sally Rippin is an Australian children's writer and illustrator.

In 2022 Rippin published Wild Thing, based on her research into learning difficulties and dyslexia as a guidebook for other parents.

In February 2024, it was reported that Rippin was Australia's highest-selling woman author and that her books had sold over 10 million copies worldwide.

Rippin was appointed the Australian Children's Laureate for 2024–2025. In the role, she travelled around Australia to promote reading. Her motto was "All kids can be readers".

Selected publications

As author

Series

The Billie B Brown series Billie Adventures Billie Mysteries Polly and Buster series School for Monsters series Super Mooper series, co-authored with Fiona Harris and Scott Edgar Our Australian Girl series Hey Jack! series

Individual books

Come Over to My House, co-authored with Eliza Hull, Bright Light (2022) – winner, Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards, Three to Five Years, 2023 Wild Things: How we learn to read and what can happen if we don't, Hardie Grant, (2022)

As illustrator

Fang Fang's Chinese New Year, Omnibus Books, (1996) – winner CBCA Book of the Year Awards, CBCA Award for New Illustrator, 1997