Dear Venny,Dear Saffron — Gary Crew

When is a school assignment not a drag? When it's the beginning of a love affair... Watch the sparks fly as Gary Crew and Libby Hathorn, two of Australia's most popular Young Adult authors, combine their talents to create this offbeat love story. Author Biography: Queensland author Gary Crew has an outstanding reputation as a writer of young adult fiction and innovative picture books. His numerous prizes and awards include CBC Book of the Year: Older Readers for Strange Objects and Angel's Gate (1991 and 1994); CBC Picture Book of the Year shortlisting for Lucy's Bay (1993); CBC Picture Book of the Year for First Light (1994) and CBC Picture Book of the Year for The Watertower (1995). Gary was editor of the After Dark series and author of the picture books First Light, The Lost Diamonds of Killiecrankie, Bright Star, The Viewer, Troy Thompson's Excellent Peotry Book, Troy Thompson's Radical Prose Folio, Memorial and Leo the Lion Tamer. His previous Lothian YA Fiction titles are Mama's Babies and Dear Venny, Dear Saffron. Libby Hathorn has won awards and honours for excellence in literature both in Australia and overseas. She wrote the text for the picturebook, Way Home, which won the Kate Greenaway Award (UK) in 1995. The text for her latest picture book, The Wonder Thing, was chosen to feature as a Public Service Announcement in the United States. Young Adult novels include Chrysalis, the sequel to her novel, Thunderwith. Judy Davis was for an Emmy for her role in the film version of Thunderwith.