Dr David P Reiter (pictured here with his son Alexander) is a multi-award winning author and publisher living in Brisbane. He has written 20 fiction, poetry and children's titles, as well as scripts and multimedia. His previous children's books are Real Guns and The Greenhouse Effect.

He's won the Queensland Premier’s Award and been shortlisted for the Steele Rudd and Adelaide Festival Awards. He’s presented his work to audiences in Australia and overseas and received several grants from the Australia Council and Arts Queensland.

 

Sample

It was only a few days since Tiger had left Canberra for the Coast with Wanda the blue-tongued lizard and Tark the magical frog. His tummy began to grumble again though it was only mid-morning.

I wonder if I’ve packed enough Cat Gourmet, he thought, trembling at the sight of yet another steep climb on the trail ahead.

But he only said: ‘If anyone’s hungry, we could stop up there in the clearing.’

Tark spun around on the track. ‘We’ve only been walking for a little while!’

Wanda smiled. ‘I told you he wouldn’t be up to it, Tark. Introduced species have very little staying power.’

Tiger felt the fur on the back of his neck rise. ‘I wish you’d give that Introduced Species stuff a rest,’ he snapped.

‘Touchy, touchy!’ said Wanda. ‘I’m just trying to keep you moving. It’ll take months for us to make it to the Coast if we have to stop every three hours for a snack.’

‘Not necessarily,’ winked Tark. ‘If you’d only let me use my special powers, we could be there in a nano-second.’

‘No cheating,’ said Wanda, shaking a disapproving claw at him. ‘If we’re going to do our part in Project Earthmend, we have to do it the natural way. Otherwise, the natives will never take us seriously!’

‘OK, OK!’ grumbled Tiger, leading the way up the hill. ‘A cat is only as good as his promise, and I told Alexander I would lead the way for our species.’

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Links

Details on the national tour of Global Cooling, starting in Cairns on 30 August 2008

to Lauren Daniel's interview with David about Global Cooling in IP eNews 39

Westender's feature on the Seven Hills State School launch of Global Cooling

David's residency at the Bundanon Trust where Global Cooling was written

David's previous book, Real Guns

David's profile

The Teacher's Guide for Global Cooling

eNews 39: Lauren Daniels' interview with David about Global Cooling and Primary Instinct