Shivaun Plozza

Shivaun Plozza
BornVictoria, Australia
OccupationAuthor
GenreChildren's literature, young adult fiction
Website
www.shivaunplozza.com

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)
  • 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]

Fellowships

  • 2019 May Gibbs Fellowship 2019[15]
  • 2018 Bundanon Trust - Artist in Residence[16]
  • 2015 Varuna Residential Fellowship
  • 2014 Glenfern Fellowship[17]

References

  1. ^ "Shivaun Plozza". www.penguin.com.au. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  2. ^ NEAL, MATT (25 October 2016). "Ex-Timboon author Plozza to give talk". The Standard. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  3. ^ 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)
  4. ^ a b "Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2017". The Wheeler Centre. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  5. ^ a b "CBCA". cbca.org.au. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  6. ^ a b NGILBERT (19 February 2019). "2019 Top Ten Best Fiction". Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA). Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ "About - OzAuthors Online". ozauthors.online. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  9. ^ THE WORST PERFECT MOMENT | Kirkus Reviews.
  10. ^ "Notables 2024". The Children’s Book Council of Australia. Retrieved 10 October 2024.
  11. ^ TIN HEART | Kirkus Reviews.
  12. ^ "Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2019". The Wheeler Centre. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  13. ^ "CBCA". www.cbca.org.au. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  14. ^ "2017 Shortlist - The Inky Awards Blog". inkyawardsblog.insideadog.com.au. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  15. ^ "Page title". maygibbs.org.au. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  16. ^ "Bundanon Trust". Bundanon Trust. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  17. ^ john (10 June 2015). "Glenfern Fellowships". writersvictoria.org.au. Retrieved 24 September 2020.