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Jeni Mawter (disguised as J.A. Mawter) is the author of the hilarious 'So' series – So Gross! So Feral! So Sick! So Festy! So Grotty! and So Stinky! as well as the 'Freewheeler' series – Unleashed!, Launched! and Extreme! and the novel Team Dream.

With a Master of Arts in Children's Literature Jeni's teaching credits include: Macquarie University; the NSW Writer's Centre; and presenter for the Lateral Learning and Show & Tell Speaker's Agencies.

Jeni lives in Sydney with one husband, three children, one obese beagle, plus zillions of bush cockroaches all of whom are a source of inspiration for her writing.

David Metzenthen, Jeni Mawter & Sue Lawson at the Somerset Festival of Literature 2008
Jeni Mawter 2008

David Metzenthen, Jeni Mawter & Sue Lawson at the Somerset Festival of Literature 2008

Jeni Mawter 2008

 

Family Photos

A writer's life is a solitary one but one they share with their family.

Mawter family photo

David, Shevaughn, Tullia, Hugh and Jeni.

Jeni at a SCBWI conference

Jeni at a SCBWI conference, with a humorously misspelled sign!

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