Lizzie wilcock biography of alberta

Lizzie Wilcock was born in Fairfield, NSW, in 1965. She is the fourth of nine children. When she was ten her family bought a dairy farm near Scone, in the Hunter Valley of NSW. City kids became country kids overnight, with only a new pair of gumboots to ease the transition.

The only way Lizzie could get any peace and quiet as a child (and escape from the never-ending chores) was to bury herself in books. Lizzie became an avid reader, but her writing was confined to school tasks.

‘I always wanted to be a writer, but writing seemed so much harder than reading. You had to think and construct and plan and edit. It didn’t sound as enjoyable as reading.’

Lizzie studied at The University of Newcastle (Bachelor of Education) and became a primary school teacher. She has taught in Sydney, Newcastle, Vancouver and Singapore.

Lizzie began writing in 2000, beginning with children’s stories, but only one was ever published. ‘