Shivaun Plozza

Shivaun Plozza is an Australian author of books for children and young adults. She also works as an editor, manuscript assessor and illustrator.[1]

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

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)

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
  1. "Shivaun Plozza". www.penguin.com.au. Retrieved 2020-09-24.
  2. NEAL, MATT (2016-10-25). "Ex-Timboon author Plozza to give talk". The Standard. Retrieved 2020-09-24.
  3. Mem: 8916168. "'The Dry' wins best novel at 2017 Davitt Awards | Books+Publishing". Retrieved 2020-09-24.
  4. "Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2017". The Wheeler Centre. Retrieved 2020-09-24.
  5. "CBCA". cbca.org.au. Retrieved 2020-09-24.
  6. NGILBERT (2019-02-19). "2019 Top Ten Best Fiction". Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA). Retrieved 2020-09-24.
  7. Coslovich, Gabriella (2018-07-06). "Two of Us: Why my brother won't read the book I dedicated to him". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2020-09-24.
  8. "About - OzAuthors Online". ozauthors.online. Retrieved 2020-09-24.
  9. TIN HEART | Kirkus Reviews.
  10. "Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2019". The Wheeler Centre. Retrieved 2020-09-26.
  11. "CBCA". www.cbca.org.au. Retrieved 2020-09-24.
  12. "2017 Shortlist - The Inky Awards Blog". inkyawardsblog.insideadog.com.au. Retrieved 2020-09-24.
  13. "Page title". maygibbs.org.au. Retrieved 2020-09-24.
  14. "Bundanon Trust". Bundanon Trust. Retrieved 2020-09-24.
  15. john (2015-06-10). "Glenfern Fellowships". writersvictoria.org.au. Retrieved 2020-09-24.
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