Published Work

Nicolas Brasch has written more than 400 books for children. He is Australia’s leading writer of educational books for primary school children, with many of his books and series winning Australian Educational Publishing awards. He has also written trade titles and books for older children. His books have been published by leading global publishers and translated into French, German, Swedish, Thai and even Gaelic.

His children’s books include The Fight for Indigenous Rights (Macmillan), Encyclopedia of Famous and Infamous Australians (Macmillan), Extreme Bravery: Australia’s Victoria Cross Winners (Heinemann), Story of Migration to Australia series (Heinemann), The Unhistory of Rome (Cengage), Fast Forward series (Cengage), The Science Factor series (Oxford University Press), Robots of the Future (Weldon Owen), Gallipoli: Reckless Valour (Walker/Black Dog), So you want to be Prime Minister? (Walker/Black Dog), 101 Cool Ways for Kids to Make Money (Hinkler), Henry Ford and the Car (National Geographic), Backyard Science series (Penguin).

He has also written and edited more than ten non-fiction adult trade books for six different publishers, including Horses: An illustrated history (NewSouth Publishing), Keeping Chickens: An Australian Guide (Penguin Books), Horseracing’s Hall of Shame, (with Dave Warner) (HarperCollins).