MIRANDA HARRIES
My daughter, Miranda Lauren Harries, was born on 6 December 1988 in Hobart, Tasmania. A happy, impish girl, she was intent on seizing the day throughout her short but sparkling life.
Miranda held a passionate love for her firends and cousins, and for the natural world. Dogs adored Miranda as much as she adored dogs.
Bushwalking and camping were a way of life for Miranda and her brother, Nick. At the age of seven, Miranda could ride a unicyle. At the same age, she was a confident rock climber. In primary school, she also showed talent as a long distance runner.
Miranda had a lively imagination, and I can credit Baby Lies, a story she wrote at the age of 10, with inspiring my own development as a children's writer. I wrote my second children's picture book, The Crown and Gown, about Miranda's attempts to dess up as a princess when she was four.
Miranda attended Princes St Primary School, Albuera St Primary Schools and Ogilvie High School in Hobart. In 2002 she moved to Perth, Western Australia, and attended Shenton College. She quickly made many close friends, who remained in close contact after she left school in 2005.
In October 2006, Miranda drove to Margaret River in search of adventure and life experience. On Friday 13 October, she was killed in a car accident at Quindalup, a week after her 18th birthday.
If any visitors to this site remember Miranda and would like to add their memories of her to this page, you would be very welcome. Please send me a message through the contacts page.
Anne