Frances Watts

Biography

Frances Watts was born in Switzerland and grew up in Australia. Her bestselling picture books include Goodnight, Mice! (illustrated by Judy Watson), the winner of the 2012 Prime Minister’s Award for Children’s Fiction; 2006 Children’s Book Council of Australia Honour Book Kisses for Daddy (illustrated by David Legge); and 2008 Children’s Book Council of Australia award-winner Parsley Rabbit’s Book about Books (illustrated by David Legge). Her young adult title The Peony Lantern, set in nineteenth-century Japan, was shortlisted for a NSW Premier’s Literary Award in 2016. For more, visit www.franceswatts.com