Colin Thiele's Death

Born (Birthday) November 16, 1920

Death Date September 4, 2006

Age of Death 85 years

Cause of Death Heart Failure

Profession Children's Author

The children’s author Colin Thiele died at the age of 85. Here is all you want to know, and more!

Biography - A Short Wiki

Remembered for his Sun on the Stubble children’s fiction series and for his acclaimed standalone novels February Dragon, Blue Fin, and Storm Boy, Thiele penned over one hundred works during his literary career, many of them set in rural Australia.

A member of a German-speaking family, he grew up in Eudunda, South Australia. He and his wife, Rhonda, raised two children.