Charlotte Barkla is a Brisbane-based writer who worked as a civil engineer and physics teacher before rediscovering her love for childrenโs literature. She now writes picture books, middle-grade fiction and feature articles.โ
Charlotteโs debut picture book,ย All Bodies are Good Bodiesย was published by Hardie Grant Childrenโs Publishing in 2020. It has since been translated in Italian, Turkish, Slovenian and Romanian. English-language rights have been sold in China, and the book was published in the UK in August.
The first two novels in Charlotteโs middle-grade series, Edieโs Experiments, were also published in 2020, by Penguin Random House. The first book has been translated in Turkish, and the second book was shortlisted for the 2021 Environment Award for Childrenโs Literature.
Charlotteโs next picture book, a light-hearted exploration of boundaries and consent (From My Head to My Toes I Say What Goes) will be published in February 2022.