Books By L. J. Nilsson - Author

Born in 1962, Melbourne, Victoria, the author has lived on a small island in South East Queensland, Australia, since 2007. She lived and worked in Sweden for five years and graduated in Utah, U.S.A. A qualified counsellor and life coach, the author worked with young school students from diverse backgrounds and specialised conditions for eight years. During this time she worked with 'Closing the Gap' alongside her friend Leonie Watson, Elder of the Muandik People, helping Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander school students learn more about their culture. The author wrote her first unpublished children's book at the age of 17 years winning an 'Alpha Betta Gamma' award. The illustrator, Sallie-Anne Swift is an  award winning Australian artist living in Long Beach California and sister of the author. Sallie-Anne also illustrated the first novel of the Mangrove Sands series.