Glyn Parry (author) explained

Glyn Parry
Birth Place:	England
Nationality:	Australian
Period:	1992-present
Genre:	Children's literature, young adult fiction, speculative fiction

Glyn Parry is an Australian writer of children's literature, young adult fiction, and speculative fiction.

Biography

Parry was born in 1959 in the north-east of England.^{[1] [2]} At the age of 12 he moved to Lynwood, Western Australia where he attended Kinlock Primary School and then Rossmoyne Senior High School. Parry met his wife at a Friday night youth group with whom he raised three children.^[2] He has worked as a high school English teacher. In 1992 Parry's first novel was published entitled L.A. Postcards.^[2] In 1995 his second novel Radical Take-offs won the Premier's Prize and the award for best Children's & Young Adult's Books at the Western Australian Premier's Book Awards.^[3] Parry again won an award at the Western Australian Premier's Book Awards with his work Scooterboy winning the Young Adults Award.^[4] He is now currently living in West Toodyay, Western Australia.^[5]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Work	Category	Result
1995		Radical Take-offs	Premier's Prize	Won
	Western Australian Premier's Book Awards	Radical Take-offs	Children's & Young Adult's Books	Won
1998		"Dawn Chorus"		Nomination^[6]
1999	Western Australian Premier's Book Awards	Scooterboy	Young Adults	Won
2002	Western Australian Premier's Book Awards	Harry & Luke (with Caroline Magerl)	Children's Book	Nomination^[7]

Bibliography

Novels

• L.A. Postcards (1992)
• Monster Man (1994)
• Radical Take-offs (1994)
• Mosh (1996)
• Spooking the Cows (2002)
• Sad Boys (1998)
• Scooterboy (1999)
• Ocean Road (2007)

Non-fiction

• Stoked!: Real Life,Real Surf (1994)

Chapter books

• Harry & Luke (2002, illustrations by Caroline Magerl)

Collections

• Invisible Girl: Stories (2003)

Short fiction

• "Dawn Chorus" (1998) in Fantastic Worlds (ed. Paul Collins)
• "Past Midnight" (1999) in Last Gasps (ed. Paul Collins, Meredith Costain)

References

General

• Glyn Parry . Fantastic Fiction. Retrieved 2010-12-27.
• Parry, Glyn, 1959-. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 2010-12-27.

Specific

External links

• Glyn Parry's blog

Notes and References

1. Web site: Parry, Glyn, 1959- . . 2010-12-27 .
2. Web site: Authors & Illustrators - P . Department of Education . 2010-12-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110307103627/http://www.det.wa.edu.au/education/cmis/eval/fiction/authors/at16.htm . 2011-03-07 . live .
3. Web site: 1995 Western Australian Premier's Book Awards . . 2010-12-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110228001447/http://slwa.wa.gov.au/about_us/premiers_book_awards/past_winners/1995 . 2011-02-28 . live .
4. Web site: 1999 Western Australian Premier's Book Awards . . 2010-12-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110228001032/http://slwa.wa.gov.au/about_us/premiers_book_awards/past_winners/1999 . 2011-02-28 . live .
5. Web site: User Profile . Blogger.com . 2010-12-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090319034836/http://www.blogger.com/profile/14392840012841291623 . 2009-03-19 . live .
6. Web site: The Locus Index to SF Awards: 1999 Aurealis Awards . . 2010-12-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20020421201620/http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Aurealis1999.html. 2002-04-21. dead.
7. Web site: 2002 Western Australian Premier's Book Awards . . 2010-12-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101209083139/http://www.slwa.wa.gov.au/about_us/premiers_book_awards/past_winners/2002 . 2010-12-09 . live .