Jane Smith is a QLD author, librarian and editor with an interest in Australian history. She has written fiction and non-fiction books for both children and adults. Jane's works include:
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The story of The Swamp: a children's history of Toowoomba, published by Toowoomba City Library, 2008
'The Australian Bushranger' series, published by Big Sky Publishing in 2014, including titles:
  • Captain Thunderbolt (shortlisted for an ABIA, 2015)
  • Captain Moonlite
  • Frank Gardiner
  • Ben Hall
  • Captain Starlight
Captain Starlight: the strange but true story of a bushranger, impostor and murderer (Big Sky Publishing, 2015)
'Tommy Bell, Bushranger Boy' series, including titles:
  • Shoot-out at the rock (Big Sky Publishing, 2016 - a CBCA 'notable' book in 2017)
  • The horse thief (Big Sky Publishing, 2016)
  • The gold escort gang (Big Sky Publishing, 2017)
  • Outback adventure (Big Sky Publishing, 2017)
  • Gang of thieves (Big Sky Publishing, 2018)
  • Mrs Thunderbolt (Big Sky Publishing, 2018)
  • The runaway (Big Sky Publishing, 2019)
  • The masked man (Big Sky Publishing, 2019) (shortlisted for Speech Pathology Australia's Book of the Year Award 2019)