Questa autrice tesse una ricca trama di narrativa poliziesca, letteratura per l'infanzia e romanzi per giovani adulti, dimostrando una notevole versatilità. Con oltre venticinque anni di esperienza di scrittura, il suo lavoro è caratterizzato da perseveranza e una profonda comprensione del personaggio, spesso infuso di arguzia e saggezza. I suoi libri per bambini e ragazzi, celebrati a livello mondiale, mostrano la sua capacità di connettersi con il pubblico più giovane, mentre i suoi romanzi polizieschi, con protagonisti avvincenti e trame intricate, evidenziano la sua maestria nel genere del suspense.
When Nicholas Nosh's cousin Primrose tells him he's too small to be a real pirate, he just has to show her she's wrong! But when things don't go to plan and Primrose is kidnapped, he wishes he'd kept his mouth shut. Can the littlest pirate in the world make it out of a vey big pickle?
He may be the littlest pirate in the world, but he's also the bravest! Evil Captain Hammerhead has sailed away with the family treasure. Nicholas Nosh can catch him, but he'll need all his courage.
It's 1900 ... and Rose lives with her family in a big house in Melbourne. She wants to play cricket, climb trees and be an adventurer! But Rose's mother has other ideas, and only wants Rose to be a proper young lady, wear frilly dresses and learn how to sew. Then Rose's favourite young aunt, Alice, comes to town, and everything changes ..
Nicholas Nosh is the littlest pirate in the world. H’s not allowed to go to sea, and he’s bored. Very bored. 'I’ll show them', he says.