It’s a green light for stand-up girls’ roles – MOVIES – Los Angeles Times – calendarlive.com
This is a really interesting article on ‘a new wave’ of girl characters who are action heroes in their own right. I’m glad that I wrote Nim without ever dreaming that she would get so much attention; her character just evolved naturally as a response to the environment in which I’d placed her – but undoubtedly also drew on my own daughter’s character. It’s probably not a coincidence that all of us involved in taking her this far have daughters – Kerry Millard the illustrator, Paula Mazur the producer, Mark Levin and Jennifer Flackett, the scriptwriters/directors…
It’s a green light for stand-up girls’ roles – MOVIES – Los Angeles Times – calendarlive.com
Wendy Orr is a Canadian-born Australian writer. Her books for children and adults have been published in 27 countries and won awards around the world. Nim’s Island and Nim at Sea have also become feature films, starring Jodie Foster and Abigail Breslin (Nim’s Island) and Bindi Irwin (Return to Nim’s Island.) Her latest book is Cuckoo’s Flight, a companion to the highly acclaimed Bronze Age novels Dragonfly Song and Swallow’s Dance. Read full bio
