Learning About Authors

Learning About Authors-

James Roy-

Q1. Have a look at what's on their site. How have they designed their site in a way that tries to appeal to their readers?

I believe James Roy's target audience is for school kids because his site is like a book, that has exercise book lines with handwriting on it. It also has ripped of bits of paper on it.

Michael Gerard Bauer-

Q1. Have a look at what's on their site. How have they designed their site in a way that tries to appeal to their readers?

He has tried to make it an easy site to get around, it's not like a complicated website. It's not a very colourful book except maybe that's the author's personality - plane.
Q2. Authors often remark about how they began their careers in writing. Compare how these Australian authors got their start, when they started, their inspiration for writing.

Michael used to be an english/economics teacher, but in 2004 he resigned and started his full-time writing career. Michael says he has always been interested in writing since he could actually write.

Steph Bowe-

Q1. Have a look at what's on their site. How have they designed their site in a way that tries to appeal to their readers?

She has not got much on her website/blog but it is very eye appealing and grabbed my attention straight away, but when I started reading it and scrolling down the page their isn't much information compared to the other authors.

Q2. Authors often remark about how they began their careers in writing. Compare how these Australian authors got their start, when they started, their inspiration for writing.

She started in 2011 as her first book was published then.

LM Fuge-

Q1. Have a look at what's on their site. How have they designed their site in a way that tries to appeal to their readers?

It's not actually her website it just has one blog of hers, but it still has some good information.

Q2. Authors often remark about how they began their careers in writing. Compare how these Australian authors got their start, when they started, their inspiration for writing.

What surprised me most was that she started at 14 and got a call when she was 14, this totally just blew me away just the same as the person who was on the phone to her.

Steven Herrick-

Q1. Have a look at what's on their site. How have they designed their site in a way that tries to appeal to their readers?

Steven Herrick's background is very eye appealing by putting all of those different books together.
Q2. Authors often remark about how they began their careers in writing. Compare how these Australian authors got their start, when they started, their inspiration for writing.

He wanted to be a writer since early age, and told his mother he wanted to be a author when he was 18.

Michael Hyde-

Q1. Have a look at what's on their site. How have they designed their site in a way that tries to appeal to their readers?

This blog was probably the worst blog I saw, except I've heard his books are actually quite interesting.

Other Questions-

Q1. Every writer is different. Choose 2 different authors and find out what makes their style their own and what people enjoy about their writing.

Matthew Reilly-

People love Matthew Reilly's books because of his own style of writing, he describes characters and settings like no other author has done before. I guess you could say he's a descriptive writer.

Derek Landy-

He has only made a few books, except the ones that he has made are very popular but I don't know why. To me his books were interesting except they weren't stunners.

Q2. Think about the book you're currently reading (or maybe the previous one). Track down this author's website and record a summary about him/her. 

Rick Riordan was born June 5, 1964 in San Antonia, he spent his time growing up and going to school there. He tried to get his first book published when he was 13, it unfortunately didn't get published. This didn't worry Rick, as he carried on writing. He used to be a teacher of mythology and stopped to become a full time writer which he now loves so much.