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Shivaun Plozza
Australian author From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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]
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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)
- Summer of Shipwrecks (2024)
- The Worst Perfect Moment (2024)
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
- 2024 - Star - Kirkus Review: The Worst Perfect Moment[9]
- 2024 - Nobable - Book of the Year: Younger Readers: Meet me at the Moon Tree[10]
- 2019 - Star - Kirkus Review: Tin Heart[11]
- 2019 - Top Ten Best Fiction - American Library Association: Frankie[6]
- 2019 - Highly Commended - Victorian Premier's Literary Award; Writing for Young Adults: Tin Heart[12]
- 2017 - CBCA Shortlisted - Book of the Year: Older Readers: Frankie[13]
- 2017 - CBCA 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[14]
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References
External links
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