Cassandra Thorburn

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Cassandra Thorburn
Born (1971-03-16) 16 March 1971 (age 54)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
NationalityAustralian
OccupationAuthor
Spouse
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(m. 1995;div. 2016)​
Children3

Cassandra Thorburn (born 16 March 1971) is an Australian children's author. [1] [2]

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Early life

Thorburn's father was regional Victorian media personality and councillor Max Thorburn, who died at the age of 72 on 18 October 2018. [3] [4] [5] [6]

Career

In 2018, Thorburn published a children's book that she and her friend Cara Campbell co-authored called Leo Lion's Big Bed!. [7] [8] [9]

Thorburn lists Australian children's author Mem Fox as an inspiration, who was one of Thorburn's tutors at university. [1]

As a journalist and television producer, Thorburn worked in Australia, New Zealand and the United States. [1]

Thorburn was one of the celebrities competing on Network 10 reality show Dancing with the Stars in 2019 where she was partnered up with Marco De Angelis. She was third to be eliminated from the competition.

Personal life

Until their divorce in 2016, Thorburn had been married to Australian television presenter Karl Stefanovic for 21 years, whom she had first met in 1995 while they were both working as journalists in Rockhampton. [10] [11] Together, they have three children. [12]

Thorburn and Stefanovic's divorce, and Stefanovic's new relationship with, and subsequent marriage to, Jasmine Yarbrough attracted widespread coverage in the Australian tabloid media. [13] Thorburn has been critical of the media coverage of her divorce from Stefanovic, and accused a paparazzi photographer of following her to Hamilton Island, and following her mother in Mildura. [14] She also accused tabloid magazine New Idea of publishing a fake interview, which Thorburn said never occurred. [15]

References

  1. 1 2 3 About us, Cass and Cara Books website. Accessed 13 December 2018.
  2. ↑ Wilson, Lizzie (15 August 2018) Cassandra Thorburn: My new life without Karl Stefanovic, The Australian Women's Weekly . Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  3. ↑ King, Charlotte (13 February 2012) Paving the way through piracy, ABC Mildura Swan Hill. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  4. ↑ (22 October 2018) Hot FM Mildura founder Max Thorburn has passed away, Radio Today. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  5. ↑ Lilly, Alex (19 October 2018) Cassandra Thorburn's emotional tribute to her late father, The Australian Women's Weekly. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  6. ↑ Whiting, Melanie (27 October 2018) Max Thorburn gets fond farewell, Sunraysia Daily . Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  7. ↑ Thorburn, Cassandra; Campbell, Cara (2018). Leo Lion's Big Bed. Australia: Cassandra Thorburn. ISBN   978-0646984711.
  8. ↑ Books: Leo Lion's Big Bed, Cass and Cara Books website. Accessed 13 December 2018.
  9. ↑ Khalil, Shireen; Brown, Vanessa (16 August 2018) Karl Stefanovic's ex-wife Cassandra Thorburn has embarked on a new career as a children's book writer, news.com.au . Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  10. ↑ Wood, Stephanie (27 October 2011) Cereal offender, The Sydney Morning Herald . Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  11. ↑ (2 May 2011) Today show host Karl Stefanovic wins Gold Logie, makes ass of himself, news.com.au. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  12. ↑ Bond, Nick (26 September 2018) Cassandra Thorburn: 'So do I need a man to continue on?', news.com.au. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  13. ↑ Barry, Paul (10 December 2018) Karl coverage, Media Watch , ABC Television. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  14. ↑ Carmody, Broede (10 December 2018) 'It's got to stop': Cassandra Thorburn slams paparazzi, The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  15. ↑ Bond, Nick (12 December 2018) Cassandra Thorburn speaks out in live TV interview: 'It's not okay', news.com.au. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
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