Sharon Mascall
Author's name:
Sharon Mascall
Pen name(s):
Sharon Mascall-Dare
Author description:
Sharon Mascall is a journalist, writer and broadcaster. She started out as BBC European Affairs reporter, then moved to Australia. She has spent the last ten years chasing smugglers, evading bushfires and investigating social injustice for the BBC World Service. She has been an agony aunt for The Age and has a fascination for scientific minds (she’s married to one). Sharon has won Best Radio Broadcaster and Best Freelance Contribution twice at the SA Media Awards and has been nominated for an Amnesty International Human Rights Award. When she’s not writing or broadcasting, Sharon teaches journalism in South East Asia.
Latest book:
The Wildlife Smugglers
BBC World Service, London, 2009
Worldwide, the illegal trade in wildlife is worth up to $25bn a year. With lower fines and shorter prison terms, compared to drugs or weapons smuggling, it is attracting organised criminals, looking for big money and low risk. Some estimates put the trade second to drug smuggling, with endangered animals becoming the new blood diamonds, funding war and terror. Despite its tough smuggling laws, Australia is counting the cost as its rare birds and reptiles are targeted. Sharon Mascall spent four months tracking the trade, speaking to investigators, customs officers and dealers, attracting the attention of smugglers along the way.
Genres:
Australiana, (Auto)biography, Essays/articles, Non-fiction, Radio, Science Fiction, Travel
Web site:
www.makingsense.com.au
Contact author:
Sharon Mascall
Email: Sharon@makingsense.com.au
Phone: 0414 439 347
Address: PO Box 520, Blackwood, SA 5051
Available for:
school visits, workshops, mentoring, assessments, speaking engagements
The SA Writers' Centre is assisted by the South Australian Government through Arts SA, and the Commonwealth Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory bodies.