What is Colin Thiele?
[[File:Colin Thiele 2000 (cropped).png|thumb|Thiele in 2000]] '''Colin Milton Thiele''' {{Small|[[Order of Australia|AC]]}} (16 November 1920 – 4 September 2006) was an [[Australia]]n author and [[educator]]. He had over 100 published works. He was known for his [[children's books]]. His most famous works were ''[[Storm Boy (novel)|Storm Boy]]'', ''[[Blue Fin]]'', the ''[[Sun on the Stubble]]'' series and ''February Dragon''. ''Storm Boy'' was made into movie twice, the first in [[Storm Boy (1976 movie)|1976]] and the second in [[Storm Boy (2019 movie)|2019]]. In 1976, he was made a [[Order of Australia|Companion of the Order of Australia]] for his work in writing and teaching. Thiele was born in [[Eudunda]], [[South Australia]]. At the start of his life, he only spoke [[German language|German]] as part of the [[Germans|German]] community in the [[Barossa Valley]]. He served in the [[Royal Australian Air Force]] (RAAF) during the [[World War II|Second World War]]. He was married to Rhonda. The couple had two daughters. Thiele died of [[heart failure]] on 4 September 2006 in [[Brisbane]], [[Queensland]]. He was 85. There was not many news reports of his death. This was because it happened on the same day as fellow Australian, [[zookeeper]] and [[conservation]]ist, [[Steve Irwin]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/australian-author-colin-thiele-dead-20060905-gdobmh.html|title=Australian author Colin Thiele dead|work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|date=5 September 2006|access-date=23 March 2019}}</ref> ==References== {{Commons category}} {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Thiele, Colin}} [[Category:1920 births]] [[Category:2006 deaths]] [[Category:Australian educators]] [[Category:Australian military people]] [[Category:Australian novelists]] [[Category:Deaths from heart failure]] [[Category:Military personnel of World War II]] [[Category:Order of Australia]] [[Category:People from South Australia]] {{Bio-stub}}