There's so much to learn about our favourite authors... here are 10 fun facts you may not have known about Jackie French, in her own words...
1. I make the best choc chip biscuits, pineapple crush, salad dressing and icecream in the universe (when they work).
2. One ear sticks out, but it's hidden by my hair.
3. I hoot back at powerful owls and can speak a few words of wombat.
4. I have lived with a one legged goose, a one legged wallaby, and a three legged cat. (Not at the same time.)
5. I slurp when eating mangoes. (I only eat mangoes in private).
6. I faint if I stub my little toes. (This is embarrassing).
7. I track wombats, wallabies, snakes and other animals through the bush around my home.
8. I grow 272 different kinds of fruit. (It's a big garden.)
9. I can build a house, milk an echidna, use a chainsaw, make cheese*, and abseil down a cliff, none of them very well.
10. I run my computer on solar power.
* but not echidna cheese
