Colin Thiele

Colin Thiele Colin Thiele was an Australian author and educator celebrated for his children's fiction. His most notable novels, such as Blue Fin, Storm Boy, and the Sun on the Stubble series, have become classics. Thiele possessed a remarkable gift for crafting compelling stories with engaging narratives that captivated young readers.

The best place to start is the Shatterbelt series, the earliest of Colin Thiele's multi-book series: it opens with Shatterbelt (1987) and runs to 2 books across 1987–1992, ending with Aftershock (1992).

Colin Thiele has 82 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1951 and 2013. 2 of them belong to 1 named series — the largest being the Shatterbelt series with 2 books — and 80 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Colin Thiele's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Shatterbelt (1987–1992, 2 books).

This guide splits Colin Thiele's 82 books into 1 named series and 80 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Shatterbelt (2 books, 1987–1992).