Anthony Hill

Anthony Hill (Author)

About

Anthony Hill is a multi-award-winning, bestselling author, and his books include works for both adults and children. His novel Soldier Boy, about Australia's youngest-known Anzac, was winner of the 2002 NSW Premier's Literary Award for Books for Young Adults.

Anthony's most recent book, Captain Cook's Apprentice, won the 2009 NSW Premier's Young People's History Prize. It follows Soldier Boy, Young Digger and Animal Heroes as further testimony to his remarkable ability to extensively research historical material and, from wide-ranging sources, piece together a moving and exciting story.

He is also the author of two novellas, the beautiful Shadow Dog, and the award-winning The Burnt Stick, illustrated by Mark Sofilas, as well as the picture book, Lucy's Cat and the Rainbow Birds, illustrated by Jane Tanner.

Anthony lives in Canberra with his wife, Gillian. Their daughter, son-in-law and grand-daughter, Emily, live in Melbourne.

Animal Heroes

By Anthony Hill

Here are twenty-one fascinating stories about the forgotten heroes of war: animals who have served beside Australian forces.

These are all animals that dazzle with their courage and loyalty – or sometimes just by being lovable. Whether it's a rooster guarding his battalion during the First World War or a mine-detecting dolphin in Iraq, they make the difficult lives of soldiers so much more bearable...

Here are twenty-one fascinating stories about the forgotten heroes of war: animals who have served beside Australian forces.

These are all animals that dazzle with their courage and loyalty – or...

Published: 01/03/2005

Format: Paperback

ISBN: 9780143003809

RRP: $19.95

Captain Cook's Apprentice

By Anthony Hill

Published: 01/09/2008

Format: Digital

ISBN: 9781742283807

Captain Cook's Apprentice

By Anthony Hill

'What are they saying?' Isaac asked Taiata.
'They are calling us tupua . . . goblins and demons.'
'And what else?'
'They say they will come back and kill us all.'

When young Isaac Manley sailed on the Endeavour from England in 1768, no one on board knew if a mysterious southern continent existed in the vast Pacific Ocean. It would be a voyage full of uncertainties and terrors.

'What are they saying?' Isaac asked Taiata.
'They are calling us tupua . . . goblins and demons.'
'And what else?'
'They say they will come back and kill us all.'

When young Isaac Manley sailed on the...

Published: 01/09/2008

Format: Paperback

ISBN: 9780143004820

RRP: $19.95

Harriet

By Anthony Hill & Coral Tulloch

'I wonder what you've seen and done, Harriet, over all those years?' asks Ellie.

The Tortoise pokes her head a little and blinks one naughty eye.

'Tell me!'

Hatched on an island in the Galapagos, Harriet enjoyed an enchanted life, as generations of tortoises had before her. Then someone took her away . . .

Harriet ended up in Queensland, where she attracted increasing crowds of visitors, all...

'I wonder what you've seen and done, Harriet, over all those years?' asks Ellie.

The Tortoise pokes her head a little and blinks one naughty eye.

'Tell me!'

Hatched on an island in the Galapagos...