Claire Zorn

Claire Zorn (born in Penrith, New South Wales[1]) is an Australian writer of young adult fiction. She was awarded the CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award: Older Readers in 2015 and 2017.

Personal life

Zorn grew up in the Blue Mountains[1] and attended St Columba's Catholic College.[2] She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts and a post graduate diploma in writing[3] from University of Technology Sydney.[4] As a writer of both fiction and non-fiction, her work has been published in literary journals including Wet Ink and the Overland Literary Journal,[5] and she blogs.[6] She is a Christian and has spoken publicly about how her faith influences her writing. She says she tries to view her characters with the same compassion and judgement as Christ views people.[7]

Published works and awards

  • The Sky So Heavy (2013). University of Queensland Press. ISBN 9780702249761Set in the Blue Mountains, Zorn's first novel tells the story of a group of teenagers struggling to survive a nuclear winter.
    • Honour Book 2014 Children's Book Council of Australia Award for Older Readers
    • Shortlisted 2014 Inky Gold Award
    • Shortlisted 2014 Aurealis Awards – Best Young Adult Novel
    • Shortlisted 2015 REAL Children's Choice Award – Fiction for Years 7-9[8]
  • The Protected (2014). University of Queensland Press. ISBN 9780702250194[9]
    • Winner, Prime Minister's Literary Awards 2015 – Young Adult Fiction
    • Winner of the 2015 Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Young Adult
    • Winner, 2015 CBCA Book of the Year for Older Readers
    • Shortlisted, 2015 Inky Gold Award
    • Selected in New Zealand Listener's Top 50 Children's Books for 2014
  • One Would Think the Deep (2016). University of Queensland Press. ISBN 9780702253942[10] A novel about a 17-year-old boy learning to deal with the death of his mother and life in a small coastal town.
  • When We Are Invisible (2021). University of Queensland Press. ISBN 9780702263132. Sequel to The Sky So Heavy.

References

  1. ^ a b "Claire Zorn - Booked Out". Booked Out. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  2. ^ Stanisic, Annabella Noussis (2016). "Year 10 Author Visit" (PDF). The Dove. St Columba's Catholic College. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 February 2017. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  3. ^ "The Sky So Heavy Teacher's notes". University of Queensland Press. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  4. ^ Arts, Department of Communications and the (5 August 2016). "The Protected by Claire Zorn". www.arts.gov.au. Archived from the original on 19 August 2017. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
  5. ^ "Author biography". Overland. 2011.
  6. ^ "Claire Zorn". Claire Zorn. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  7. ^ "Sydney Writers' Festival: What's God Got to do with It?". 10 May 2019.
  8. ^ "UQP - The Sky So Heavy". www.uqp.uq.edu.au. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  9. ^ "The Sky so heavy Teacher's notes" (PDF). University of Queensland Press.
  10. ^ "One would think the deep. Teacher's notes" (PDF). University of Queensland Press.
  11. ^ Convery, Stephanie; Harmon, Steph (17 August 2017). "Claire Zorn's grief-and-surfing story wins children's book of the year award". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
  12. ^ "2022 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature shortlists announced". Books+Publishing. 19 January 2022. Retrieved 26 January 2022.

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