Background
McRobbie was born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1934.
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Being the Life and Adventures of Wayne Wilson, His Family and Friends as Told to David Mcrobbie: Being the Life and Adventures of Wayne Wilson, His Family and Friends
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Wayne has a vivid imagination, an optimistic approach to life, and a best friend named Squocka. On the first day of school, he gets a "T" for troublemaker marked next to his name because bully Kevin Merry tricks him into accepting the blame for Kevin’s mess. That "T" haunts Wayne for the rest of his life. His adventureswith Kevin, Squocka, Fat Cat, and Violet Pridmoreare told in this collection of 25 humorous stories. Delightfully familiar, Wayne offers an entertaining snapshot of school and family told through the eyes of a preadolescent boy.
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McRobbie was born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1934.
In 1958 he moved to Australia and worked as a teacher in the 1960s in Papua New Guinea. He is currently a full-time writer but has previously worked as a television and radio producer, a ship"s engineer, and a college lecturer. McRobbie"s first published work was in 1976 with a collection of stories, entitled Talking Tree and Other Stories.
In 1991 he started writing the series of Wayne which he adapted in 1996 into a television series entitled The Wayne Manifesto.
In 2000 he created the television series and was short-listed for the Children"s Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Award for older readers for his novel, Tyro. Aurealis Best young-adult novel 2002: Nomination: Mum, Maine, and the 19th C two children"s awards from the school of the arts sydney Children"s Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Award Older Readers 2000: Nomination: Tyro.
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