Rosie Schonell is a teacher turned author with a passion for children’s literature. She has a Bachelor of Arts with a Diploma of Education from Macquarie University and a Master of Special Education from the University of Sydney. She has taught English at all levels in schools and specialised in teaching students with learning difficulties. 

Rosie also volunteers teaching literacy skills to disadvantaged children and adult migrants. She firmly believes that learning to read ignites one’s imagination, fills you with knowledge and opens doors in the real world. Rosie’s debut novel is a middle-grade mystery called Breaking School Rules is Easy. Her upcoming children’s book Maggie Moo The Cow Who Forgot What To Do is a fun story about a friendly and forgetful cow. 

Rosie has adult children and lives with her husband, spending her time between Balmain and the Northern Beaches of Sydney. She enjoys pickleball, cold water swimming, outrigging and volunteers as a Crisis Supporter at Lifeline. 

You can usually find her in an ocean pool, a bookshop or reading.