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Lorraine grew up in Northern Victoria and attended one-teacher rural schools as a child. She always loved to read but had no real interest in writing until much later, when she was deputy  principal of a large inner city school, Helen St Northcote.
The student population included a majority of recently arrived migrant children together with impoverished Australian born children. At that time there were no books for young children which showed children of the inner city. The Northcote children could not identify with the characters of the books in their school. Lorraine then set to work writing about the Helen St children. This was the beginning of her writing career.
Today she combines education consultancy, with writing, both for children and for teachers.
She is an inspirational speaker on literacy issues, and is in demand around Australia and the United States.
Memberships:
Awards:
- Australian Literacy Educators’ Medal, 1996
- Whole Language Umbrella Service Award, 2004
- Citation of Merit Garth Boomer Award - Australian Literacy Educators Association, July 2005
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