Shivaun Plozza Explained

Shivaun Plozza
Birth Place:	Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Author
Genre:	Children's literature, young adult fiction

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

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 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)
• A Reluctant Witch's Guide to Magic (2022)
• Meet Me at the Moon Tree (2023)
• Summer of Shipwrecks (2024)

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

• 2024 - Nobable - Book of the Year: Younger Readers: Meet me at the Moon Tree^[9]
• 2019 - Star - Kirkus Review: Tin Heart ^[10]
• 2019 - Top Ten Best Fiction - American Library Association: Frankie
• 2019 - Highly Commended - Victorian Premier's Literary Award; Writing for Young Adults: Tin Heart^[11]
• 2017 - CBCA Shortlisted - Book of the Year: Older Readers: Frankie^[12]
• 2017 - CBCA Notable - Book of the Year: Older Readers: Frankie^[5]
• 2017 - Highly Commended - Victorian Premier's Literary Award: Writing for Young Adults: Frankie
• 2017 - Winner - Sisters in Crime Australia's Davitt Award (YA Category): Frankie
• 2017 - Shortlisted - Book for the Gold Inky Award: Frankie^[13]

Fellowships

• 2019 May Gibbs Fellowship 2019^[14]
• 2018 Bundanon Trust - Artist in Residence^[15]
• 2015 Varuna Residential Fellowship
• 2014 Glenfern Fellowship^[16]

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Shivaun Plozza. 2020-09-24. www.penguin.com.au. en.
2. Web site: NEAL. MATT. 2016-10-25. Ex-Timboon author Plozza to give talk. 2020-09-24. The Standard. en.
3. Web site: Mem: 8916168. ‘The Dry’ wins best novel at 2017 Davitt Awards Books+Publishing. 2020-09-24. en-AU.
4. Web site: Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards 2017. 2020-09-24. The Wheeler Centre. en.
5. Web site: CBCA. 2020-09-24. cbca.org.au.
6. Web site: NGILBERT. 2019-02-19. 2019 Top Ten Best Fiction. 2020-09-24. Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA). en.
7. Web site: Coslovich. Gabriella. 2018-07-06. Two of Us: Why my brother won't read the book I dedicated to him. 2020-09-24. The Sydney Morning Herald. en.
8. Web site: About - OzAuthors Online. 2020-09-24. ozauthors.online.
9. Web site: Notables 2024 . 2024-10-10 . The Children’s Book Council of Australia . en-AU.
10. Book: TIN HEART Kirkus Reviews. en.
11. Web site: Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards 2019. 2020-09-26. The Wheeler Centre. en.
12. Web site: CBCA. 2020-09-24. www.cbca.org.au.
13. Web site: 2017 Shortlist - The Inky Awards Blog. 2020-09-24. inkyawardsblog.insideadog.com.au.
14. Web site: Page title. 2020-09-24. maygibbs.org.au.
15. Web site: Bundanon Trust. 2020-09-24. Bundanon Trust. en.
16. Web site: john. 2015-06-10. Glenfern Fellowships. 2020-09-24. writersvictoria.org.au. en.