Timelines

Anna Donald

Friends sometimes turn out to be fakes and will betray you just for fun, or greed, or to save their own skin. Real friends will stay loyal no matter what, but it can take time to find them.
When Rocket, Jules, and Doogs end up in jail together - what, if anything, do they learn about true friendship? How much time does it take?

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Anna Donald’s creative work in the public arena includes fiction for teenagers, poetry, short stories, book reviews, a three-act musical for schools, and the biography of a World War Two prisoner of war. She has an MA in creative writing and is currently a PhD candidate.

In 2010 she was writer-in-residence at a Senior High School where she worked with students to produce an anthology of their short stories. The students also gave her advice on updating and extending the story line of Rocket whose misadventures form part of Hard Time, a collaborative fiction project, published by Fremantle Press and awarded:
Winner, REACT Children’s Choice Award, 1998
Runner-up, REACT National Children’s Book Award, 1999
Notable Book. Children’s Book Council, 1999.

A world-wide traveller and watercolourist of abstract landscapes, Anna has exhibited, and completed commissions for individuals, and an Australian university.