Isabelle DuffIsabelle Duff is
a farmer, author, and student at the University of New South Wales, where she
is studying Advanced Science and Commerce. She has worked on her family farm
near Manildra, NSW, where they farm sheep and cattle, and crop Isabelle is a
self-proclaimed 'tree hugger', passionate about science and environmental
agribusiness. She hopes to one day manage the family business. She has
volunteered at her local primary school and is keen to facilitate discussions with
children about mental illness, to help reduce stigma and ignorance.

Isabelle signed her first publishing contract,
for Cookie, with EK Books when she was 18. That book was inspired by her
border collie Saffy, and by the Australian bush. The Real Cowgirl is
based on her first pony, Bindi, and her friends that make her feel brave.

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