Goss, Mini 1963–

Personal

Born 1963, in Australia; children: three.

Addresses

Home and office—Australia.

Career

Author and illustrator.

Writings

SELF-ILLUSTRATED

When Mum Was Little, Black Dog Books (Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia), 2001, Kane/Miller Book Publishers (La Jolla, CA), 2004.

When Dad Was a Teenager, Black Dog Books (Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia), 2004.

Rhino Neil, New Frontier (Epping, New South Wales, Australia), 2005.

What Does Daddy Do?, Koala Books (Mascot, New South Wales, Australia), 2006.

ILLUSTRATOR

Edel Wignell, reteller, The Cat and the Mouse: An English Folktale, Mammoth (Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia), 1994.

John Parker, Fire!, Heinemann Library (Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia), 2000.

John Parker, Max's Mystery Box, Pearson Education (South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia), 2000.

Edel Wignell, adaptor, Bendemolena: A Play Based on an American Folktale, Pearson Education (South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia), 2001.

Andrew Whitmore, Ark of Dreams, Black Dog Books (Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia), 2001.

Hazel Edwards and Christine Anketell, Sticky Bill: TV Duckstar/Cyberfarm, Banana Books (Otford, New South Wales, Australia, 2002.

Jill McDougall, No One Likes Me, Era (Flinders Park, South Australia, Australia), 2002.

Nick Hughes, Colossal Creatures, Koala Books (Mascot, New South Wales, Australia), 2002.

Joelie Croser, I Want to Be Me, Era Publications (Flinders Park, South Australia, Australia), 2004.

Josephine Croser, Pick Me, Era (Flinders Park, South Australia, Australia), 2004.

Hazel Edwards, Hand-Me-Down Hippo, Penguin (Camberwell, Victoria, Australia), 2004.

Nick Hughes, Colossal Machines, Koala Books (Mascot, New South Wales, Australia), 2004.

Sue Whiting, Taming Butterflies, New Frontier (Epping, New South Wales, Australia), 2004.

Gabiann Marin, Little Rosie Runaway, New Frontier (Epping, New South Wales, Australia), 2005.

Tom Skinner, Round Fish, Square Bowl, New Frontier (Frenchs Forest, New South Wales, Australia), 2006.

Mark Carhew, Five Little Owls, New Frontier (Frenchs Forest, New South Wales, Australia), 2007.

Biographical and Critical Sources

PERIODICALS

Magpies, July, 2002, "Cyberfarm and Sticky Bill," p. 33; March, 2003, review of Colossal Creatures, p. 27; July, 2007, Annette Dale Meiklejohn, review of Five Little Owls, p. 26.

School Library Journal, March, 2005, Susan Weitz, review of When Mum Was Little, p. 172.

ONLINE

Black Dog Books Web site,http://www.bdb.com.au/ (January 6, 2007), "Mini Goss."

Kane/Miller Book Publishers Web site,http://www.kanemiller.com/ (January 6, 2007).