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Margaret Roc (born 14 July 1945) is an Australian author, co-author and editor of over fifty published fiction and non-fiction books for children and teachers.〔Who's Who of Australian Children's Writers, 2nd Edition, Thorpe in association with The National Centre for Australian Studies, Imprint of Reed Australia, Port Melbourne, Victoria, 1996〕 ==Biography== Roc was born in Stirling, Scotland, the youngest of three children. She immigrated to Australia with her family at age eight in 1953. Roc graduated in 1969 from the University of Sydney majoring in Psychology and Government and subsequently attained her Diploma in Education in 1970, also at the University of Sydney. She obtained her Remedial Teacher's Certificate in Special Education from the Kuring-gai College of Advanced Education (now part of the University of Technology, Sydney) in 1974. Other qualifications include her Masters of Arts (Education) in 1975 from the University of Sydney, her Masters of Arts (Creative Writing) in 2001 from the University of Western Sydney. In 2004 Roc obtained her Graduate Diploma of Information from the University of Technology, Sydney. Roc has worked as a teacher, special needs teacher and teacher-librarian at a number of inner Sydney public schools and continues to teach in Sydney. Roc has an ongoing collaboration with author and editor Kathleen Hawke. Their books ''Australia's Critically Endangered Animals'' and ''Australia's Deadly and Dangerous Animals and Plants'' are on the booklist for the Premier's Reading Challenge, a literacy initiative designed to promote reading to children. Roc is a member of The Australian Society of Authors and the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. Roc married husband John in 1965. She has two children: James Roc, and actress Tasneem Roc. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Margaret Roc」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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