Joanne Horniman (born 1951) is an
Australian
Australian(s) may refer to:
Australia
* Australia, a country
* Australians, citizens of the Commonwealth of Australia
** European Australians
** Anglo-Celtic Australians, Australians descended principally from British colonists
** Aboriginal A ...
author who has won several awards for her books for children, teenagers and young adults. Her novels often set in country
New South Wales
)
, nickname =
, image_map = New South Wales in Australia.svg
, map_caption = Location of New South Wales in AustraliaCoordinates:
, subdivision_type = Country
, subdivision_name = Australia
, established_title = Before federation
, es ...
, and often deal with such themes as the search for identity, family relationships, growing up in rural communities, and teenage parenthood.
Biography
Joanne Horniman grew up in
Murwillumbah
Murwillumbah ( ) is a town in far north-eastern New South Wales, Australia, in the Tweed Shire, on the Tweed River. Sitting on the south eastern foothills of the McPherson Range in the Tweed Volcano valley, Murwillumbah is 848 km north-e ...
in country New South Wales, Australia. She started writing at the age of about six, and has written stories on a regular basis since then. Growing up, she had an avid interest in politics, regularly reading the works of
Karl Marx
Karl Heinrich Marx (; 5 May 1818 – 14 March 1883) was a German philosopher, economist, historian, sociologist, political theorist, journalist, critic of political economy, and socialist revolutionary. His best-known titles are the 1848 ...
. She studied at university in
Sydney, and has worked as an editor, a colleges and university teacher, and as an author. She now lives in
Lismore in northern New South Wales.
Her novel ''Loving Athena'' (2001) won a Notable Book title in the Australian Children's Book Council Awards in 1998; and her novel ''Mahalia'' (2001) won an Honour Book title in the same awards in 2002. After writing a number of books for teenagers and young adults, she wrote her first book for adults, ''A Charm of Powerful Trouble'' in 2002.
Novels
*''
Sand Monkeys
''Sand Monkeys'' is a young adult novel by the Australian writer Joanne Horniman, who is known for novels centering on realistic depictions of people in unusual relationships. It was published in 1992 by Omnibus Books. The author's work on the ...
'', 1992
*''The Serpentine Belt'', 1994
*''Loving Athena'', 1997
*''Mahalia'', 2001
*''A Charm of Powerful Trouble'', 2002
*''Secret Scribbled Notebooks'', 2004
*''Little Wing'', 2006
*''My Candlelight Novel'', 2008
*''About a Girl'', 2010
Novels for younger readers
*''Jasmine'', 1995
*''Sunflower'', 1999
Picture books
*''Billygoat Goes Wild'', 1995
*''Furry-Back and the Lizard-Thing'', 1996
References
Profile on Allen & Unwin website, accessed 26 December 2006
{{DEFAULTSORT:Horniman, Joanne
Australian children's writers
1951 births
Living people
Australian women writers