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Books by Kate De Goldi
Jacqui Colley I grew up in Africa, climbing trees, swimming in the sea and making huts in the vines, and now I live in New Zealand in a house with a higgledy-piggledy garden by the sea. My garden is like a jungle. An eel lives in the darkest part of the stream and lots of native birds chatter away to me when I am in my studio. Working on picture books is like leaping back to my childhood and a chance for my fantasies and memories to collide.'Jacqui is a painter who exhibits regularly and has work in private collections internationally. She is also a director of a graphic design and new media company. Kate de Goldi I spent my childhood living and breathing stories. When I wasn't reading, I was writing plays for my sisters, my 42 cousins and my classmates and organising performances. Peter Pan and Wendy lived I believed in a gnarled tree at our gate, and Owl from Winnie the Pooh lived in a cherry blossom. I spent many hours plotting and planning