Zana Fraillon (born 1981) is an Australian writer of fiction for children and young adults based in Melbourne, Australia. Fraillon is known for allowing young readers to examine human rights abuses within fiction and in 2017 she won an Amnesty CILIP Honour for her book ''The Bone Sparrow'' which highlights the plight of the
Rohingya people
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. ''The Bone Sparrow'' has been translated to stage and is set to premier in the York Theatre Royal, York, UK, from 25 February 2022.
Biography
Fraillon was born in Melbourne and spent her early childhood in San Francisco. She was an avid reader as a child and grew up surrounded by books. She attributes a vision problem that was not diagnosed until she was seven as the reason she was more focussed on books than the world around her. Fraillon studied history, spent a year teaching in China and returned to Melbourne to study and work as a teacher. Fraillon is from a family of writers and began writing fun picture books with her son. A friend encouraged her to submit these to a publisher and her writing career was born.
Bibliography
* ''When No One's Looking At the Zoo'' Hardie Grant Egmont 2009
* ''When No One's Looking On the Farm'' Hardie Grant Egmont 2012
* ''Monstrum House'' Hardie Grant Egmont 2012
* ''No Stars to Wish On'' Allen & Unwin 2014
* ''The Bone Sparrow'' Lothian Children's Books 2016
* ''The Ones That Disappeared'' Hachette Children's Group 2017
* ''Wisp - A Story of Hope'' Lothian Children's Books 2018
* ''The Lost Soul Atlas'' Lothian Children's Books 2020
*''The Curiosities'' Lothian Children's Books 2021
* ''The Way of Dog'' (UQP, 2022)
* ''The Raven's Song'' written with Bren MacDibble (Allen & Unwin, Aus/NZ, 2022) (Old Barn Books, UK, 2022)
Awards
*''The Bone Sparrow''
**Winner of the Amnesty CILIP Honor Prize 2017
**Winner of the ABIA Book of the Year for Older Children 2017
**Winner of the Readings Young Adult Book Prize 2017
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IBBY history
In 1952, Jella Lepm ...
Prime Minister's Literary Awards
The Australian Prime Minister's Literary Awards (PMLA) were announced at the end of 2007 by the incoming First Rudd ministry following the 2007 election. They are administered by the Minister for the Arts.
**Shortlisted for a CILIP Carnegie Medal 2017
**Shortlisted for the Victorian Premier's Literary Award 2017
**Shortlisted in the Queensland Literary Awards 2017
**Shortlisted in the
Guardian Children's Fiction Prize
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2016
**Shortlisted in the Inky Awards 2017
*''The Ones that Disappeared''
**Winner of the NSW Premier's Literary Awards Ethel Turner Prize for Young People's Literature 2018
**A Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Notable Book 2018
**Shortlisted in the
Prime Minister's Literary Awards
The Australian Prime Minister's Literary Awards (PMLA) were announced at the end of 2007 by the incoming First Rudd ministry following the 2007 election. They are administered by the Minister for the Arts.
**Nominated for the 2018 CILIP Carnegie Medal
**Shortlisted for the UK CrimeFest Award - Best Crime Novel for Young Adults
*''Wisp''
**Longlisted in the 2020 Kate Greenaway Award
*''The Lost Soul Atlas''
**Nominated for the 2021 CILIP Carnegie Medal
**Shortlisted for the 2021 CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award: Older Readers
**Winner, 2020
Aurealis Award for best children's fiction
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Queensland Literary Awards
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