Rebecca Johnson is an author, part-time primary school Science teacher and mother of two.  She believes her writing career actually began right back in high school, inspired by the love of hearing, then repeating,  a good joke.  However, she didn’t make the connection between writing and joke-telling for another twenty years.    She went on to become a teacher and has now written over 60 books. Rebecca regularly visits schools in South-East Queensland, presenting writing workshops using Steve Parish photos, as she does in her own books, to inspire children of all ages to read and write.  Her past experience as a wildlife carer has given her an extra insight into the behaviour of our native animals, giving her fiction stories a taste of realism.

Rebecca began writing for Steve Parish in 2000 when she came up with an idea for a series of books using his photos.  The books have gone on to sell more than three million copies, capturing the imagination of children everywhere.

Rebecca visits schools and festivals to conduct a number of different styles of workshops.  The strategies she uses to write are quite different to most other authors but very well suited to the many different ability levels that exist in all classrooms.  Both advanced and reluctant writers are inspired by the pictures and are then guided through the writing process in a non-threatening, exciting process.