Colin Thiele

On September 4th, Colin Thiele died from heart failure. Colin was a teacher and an author of some very Australian children's fiction. Storm Boy was the most well known, but I really liked Blue Fin - a very powerful book about a fishing community. Both books were made into movies and it would be pretty difficult to find copies of them in video stores today. Colin Thiele's website gives some information on his background. Colin Thiele was one of the great Australian writers of books for young readers. His stories held adventures around the sea and the beach, where many of us live.