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Diana Chase Diana Chase i(A34291 works by) (birth name: Diana Frances Dunbar) (a.k.a. Diana Frances Chase; D. Chase)
Also writes as: Frances Dunbar
Born: Established: 1 Nov 1935 Guildford, Swan Valley area, Eastern Perth, Perth, Western Australia, ; Died: Ceased: 4 Jul 2008
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Vietnam,
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Southeast Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
Gender: Female
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BiographyHistory

Diana Chase grew up on her family's farm in the south west of Western Australia and completed her schooling at Perth College. She trained as a teacher and worked at schools in Perth after spending some years in North America, the West Indies and the United Kingdom.

Chase published more than fifty fiction and non-fiction titles during her literary career. She died suddenly in Vietnam in 2008 while on holiday.

Source: Fiction Focus: New Titles for Teenagers 22.2 (2008): 2

Most Referenced Works

Notes

  • Diana Chase also wrote works for the reader series Sunshine Books.
  • For information about this author's works for children not included in AustLit, see Australian Children's Books by Marcie Muir and Kerry White (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1992-2004).
  • For further information on Diana Chase and all her publications, see her website: http://www.dianachase.net/

Awards for Works

y separately published work icon No More Borders for Josef Fremantle : Fremantle Press , 2006 Z1311198 2006 single work novel young adult 'Orphaned in the brutal Balkans conflict, thirteen-year-old Josef is forced to flee across the border. Frightened, angry and deeply traumatised he is plucked to safety by an Australian uncle he never knew existed. Josef battles with a new language, a strange landscape and a volatile cousin named Karina. Working at a native animal refuge saves him from desolation, but can Josef save the animals when they need him most?' (Publisher's blurb)
2006 shortlisted Western Australian Premier's Book Awards — Young Adults
y separately published work icon Surf's Up Fremantle : Fremantle Press , 1999 Z841632 1999 single work children's fiction children's Matt and Brad, two outsiders, team up in this Margaret River surfing classic.
2000 winner West Australian Young Readers' Book Award — Hoffman Award
1999 shortlisted Dymocks Children's Choice Awards — Young Adult
y separately published work icon Angel in a Gum Tree Fremantle : Sandcastle Books , 1999 Z841629 1999 single work picture book children's
1999 shortlisted Western Australian Premier's Book Awards
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