Estelle Pinney (Author)

About

Estelle Pinney grew up and Cairns in the tobacco town of Mareeba, North Queensland. She left school at the age of thirteen to work as a colourist in her grandfather's photographic studio. Estelle's eventful adult life saw her working as an ambulance driver for the US army during World War II; as a beauty consultant; and as a registered deckhand on her husband's crayfishing boat in the Torres Strait. She is the author of Time Out for Living (1995) and A Net Full of Honey (1996), and co-author of Too Many Spears (1978) with late husband Peter Pinney. Estelle lives in Brisbane with her daughter Stella.

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Book Cover:  Burnt Sunshine
Published: 05/01/2009
Format: Digital
ISBN: 9781742281797
Book Cover:  Burnt Sunshine

A bet in half-jest, a ruby and a passionate love affair take a man and a woman in an unexpected direction . .

A bet in half-jest, a ruby and a passionate love affair take a man and a woman in an unexpected direction . .

Published: 05/01/2009
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780143009504
RRP: $24.95
Book Cover:  House On the Hill
Lovely Belle, the youngest, a talented singer and dancer, tours with a vaudeville troupe as they follow the rodeos and shows of western Queensland. On the romance front, she's being pursued by handsome local Greek Nicos Alexandros, owner of the swankiest cafe in town. But will she choose marriage with Nicos or a life on the stage?

Molly reigns as head cook at King's Hotel, and can whip up any stylish...

Lovely Belle, the youngest, a talented singer and dancer, tours with a vaudeville troupe as they follow the rodeos and shows of western Queensland. On the romance front, she's being pursued by handsome...
Published: 04/01/2005
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780143001362
RRP: $24.95
Book Cover:  Time Out for Living
Published: 23/11/2009
Format: Digital
ISBN: 9781742285054

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21 May 2012
2012 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) - winners

The Australian Book Industry Awards were held in Sydney on Friday night. It was a great night for Penguin with our books taking the top honors in four book categories including the prestigious Book of the Year. Congratulations also to Peg McColl, Kate McCormack and the rights team who won the International (Rights) Award for the second year running for Paul French's book Midnight in Peking. United Book Distributors were again named Distributor of the Year.

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