Australian author
Shivaun Plozza is an Australian author of books for children and young adults. She also works as an editor, manuscript assessor and illustrator.[1]
Biography
Plozza grew up in regional Victoria, Australia.[2] Plozza's debut novel, Frankie won several awards including the Davitt Award, High Commendation from the Victorian Premier's Literary Awards, a Children's Book of the Year Award: Older Readers Notable Book Award, and was listed as one of the Top Ten Best Fiction for Young Adults in 2019 by the Young Adult Library Services Association.[3][4][5][6] Her second novel, Tin Heart was inspired by her brother's liver transplant.[7]
Plozza also helped establish the grass-roots digital platform Oz Authors Online which was founded in 2020 to host YA Fiction author events in response to COVID-19 restrictions.[8]
Bibliography
Novels
- Frankie (2016)
- Tin Heart (2018)
- The Boy, The Wolf and the Stars (2020)
- A Reluctant Witch's Guide to Magic (2022)
- Meet Me at the Moon Tree (2023)
Short fiction
- “The Point” in Where The Shoreline Used To Be, edited by Susan La Marca and Pam Macintyre (2016)
- “The Challenge” in Speccy-tacular Footy Stories (2018)
Awards and honours
- 2019 - Star - Kirkus Review: Tin Heart [9]
- 2019 - Top Ten Best Fiction - American Library Association: Frankie[6]
- 2019 - Highly Commended - Victorian Premier's Literary Award; Writing for Young Adults: Tin Heart[10]
- 2017 - Shortlisted - Book of the Year: Older Readers: Frankie[11]
- 2017 - Notable - Book of the Year Older Readers: Frankie[5]
- 2017 - Highly Commended - Victorian Premier's Literary Award: Writing for Young Adults: Frankie[4]
- 2017 - Winner - Sisters in Crime Australia's Davitt Award (YA Category): Frankie[3]
- 2017 - Shortlisted - Book for the Gold Inky Award: Frankie[12]
Fellowships
- 2019 May Gibbs Fellowship 2019[13]
- 2018 Bundanon Trust - Artist in Residence[14]
- 2015 Varuna Residential Fellowship
- 2014 Glenfern Fellowship[15]
References
- ^ "Shivaun Plozza". www.penguin.com.au. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
- ^ NEAL, MATT (25 October 2016). "Ex-Timboon author Plozza to give talk". The Standard. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
- ^ a b Mem: 8916168. "'The Dry' wins best novel at 2017 Davitt Awards | Books+Publishing". Retrieved 24 September 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ a b "Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2017". The Wheeler Centre. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
- ^ a b "CBCA". cbca.org.au. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
- ^ a b NGILBERT (19 February 2019). "2019 Top Ten Best Fiction". Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA). Retrieved 24 September 2020.
- ^ Coslovich, Gabriella (6 July 2018). "Two of Us: Why my brother won't read the book I dedicated to him". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
- ^ "About - OzAuthors Online". ozauthors.online. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
- ^ TIN HEART | Kirkus Reviews.
- ^ "Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2019". The Wheeler Centre. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
- ^ "CBCA". www.cbca.org.au. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
- ^ "2017 Shortlist - The Inky Awards Blog". inkyawardsblog.insideadog.com.au. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
- ^ "Page title". maygibbs.org.au. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
- ^ "Bundanon Trust". Bundanon Trust. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
- ^ john (10 June 2015). "Glenfern Fellowships". writersvictoria.org.au. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
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