Leonie Tyle

Leonie Tyle has been dedicated to children’s literature for many years as a librarian, reviewer, speaker, editor and publisher. She was Children’s & Young Adult Publisher at University of Queensland Press and established Woolshed Press, a children’s literary imprint for Random House Australia. Both lists have won many awards including the inaugural Prime Minister’s Literary Award for Young Adult Literature. With Catherine Bateson she set up Tyle&Bateson Publishing and freelances as mentor and editor. She has a passion for literature and believes in encouraging and providing an environment for writers and illustrators to produce their most imaginative and creative work.

Leonie Tyle is one of Writing NSW’s children’s and young adult manuscript assessors.