About Ann Harth
Ann Harth lives in a small wooden house on a large green hill in Far North Queensland.
She shares her life with her family and various forms of orphaned or injured wildlife.

Although she has played with words for many years, necessity encouraged her to write
outside of money-earning hours.  Until her career took off, she waited tables, worked in
nursing homes, bar tended, picked strawberries and punched keys on various tills. She
also spent ten years working in various capacities with children with special needs. She is
now a writing tutor for Cengage Education.

Ann has ghostwritten several ebooks and articles. She enjoys research and learning and
is willing to take on almost any subject.

Ann Harth is a twenty- plus year resident of both the USA and Australia which puts her in
the unique position of being familiar with the cultural and language differences between
these countries. This allows her to Americanize and Anglicise writing with ease.
Contact
Employment

2007-present        Writing Tutor for Cengage Education

2004-present        Assistant Fiction Editor of Moondance.com

2000-present        Creative writing staff of www.storydog.com

1994-present        Freelance author

Education

2004-present       Diploma of Professional Editing and Proofreading,
         Australian College of Journalism
2000-2001             Diploma of Professional Children’s writing,
         Australian College of Journalism
1977-1982             Bachelor of Arts Degree, Psychology,
         Ithaca College, New York.   
Memberships

  •        Australian Society of Editors
  •        Australian Society Authors
  •        Career Booster Program
  •        Children’s Book Insider
  •        Queensland Writer’s Centre
  •        Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators
Published work


  •      Who Am I, Educational non-fiction, Blake Education, 2008

  •      Relationships, Educational non-fiction, Blake Education, 2008

  •      Body image,  Educational non-fiction, Blake Education, 2008

  •      The Kidnapping, Chapter Book, Insight Publications, October 2006

  •      The Cyclops, short story, Highlights for Children, July 2006

  •      Crash, Chapter Book, Blake Education, 2005
               - Version 2: (EFL) English as a Foreign Language Series, Underwood   
                Consulting and Publishing

  •      Staying Alive, Chapter Book, Blake Education, 2005
               - Version 2: (EFL) English as a Foreign Language Series, Underwood   
                Consulting and Publishing

  •      Goodbye, Chapter Book, Blake Education, 2005
               - Version 2: (EFL) English as a Foreign Language Series, Underwood   
                Consulting and Publishing

  •      The Contract, chapter book, Trekker Series, Macmillan Education
               Australia Pty Ltd 2005

  •       Pea Mountain, humorous short story, KidTime Magazine, June 2005

  •      Sit Quietly, humorous short story, Highlights for Children (Purchased)

  •      The Cyclops, short story, Highlights for Children (Purchased)

  •      Maggie Only Eats ‘O’s, short story Highlights for Children (Purchased)

  •      A Blip in the Universe, chapter book, Storydog Inc. (to be released) 2005

  •      The Wake Up Call, non-fiction, Reader’s Digest, October 2004

  •      Long Leg Gloption, chapter book, Loranda Publishing, August 2004

  •      My Mom Hates to Cook, humorous short story, Highlights for Children,    
               October 2003

  •      Please Listen, picture book / early reader, Cambridge University Press,  
               May 2002

  •      The Hiccups, short story, Wizard Books, Ziptales, June 2003


  •        Monthly column, Write at Home at www.writing4successclub.com

  •        Articles for

                o   Australian College of Journalism
                o   The Career Booster Program
                o   The Early Childhood Newsletter
                o   Writing 4 Success
                o   Various websites