Andrea Rowe is an award-winning Australian author whose stories celebrate courage, connection and the wonders of the natural world. Her debut picture book, Jetty Jumping, won the 2022 CBCA Picture Book of the Year and the 2023 Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year. Andrea’s Little Worlds series, including In the Rockpool and Amid the Sand Dunes, continues to delight readers and educators alike. Based on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula, Andrea is the inaugural Public Libraries Victoria Ambassador, championing literacy and the vital role libraries play in nurturing imagination, storytelling and lifelong learning.

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Andrea Rowe

Award-winning author & Victoria 
Public Libraries Ambassador