Zana Fraillon Explained

Zana Fraillon
Birth Date:	January 1981
Birth Place:	Melbourne, Australia
Occupation:	Teacher/Writer
Nationality:	Australian

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.^[1] The Bone Sparrow has been translated to stage and is set to premier in the York Theatre Royal, England, from 25 February 2022.^[2]

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 focused 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.^{[3] [4]}

Bibliography

• When No One's Looking At the Zoo Hardie Grant Egmont 2009^[5]
• When No One's Looking On the Farm Hardie Grant Egmont 2012^[6]
• Monstrum House Hardie Grant Egmont 2012^[7]
• No Stars to Wish On Allen & Unwin 2014^[8]
• 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^[9]
• The Curiosities Lothian Children's Books 2021 ^[10]
• The Way of Dog (UQP, 2022)^[11]
• The Raven's Song written with Bren MacDibble (Allen & Unwin, Aus/NZ, 2022) (Old Barn Books, UK, 2022) ^{[12] [13]}

Awards

• The Bone Sparrow
  • Winner of the Amnesty CILIP Honor Prize 2017^[1]
  • Winner of the ABIA Book of the Year for Older Children 2017^[14]
  • Winner of the Readings Young Adult Book Prize 2017^[15]
  • International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) Australian Honour Book 2018^[16]
  • Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Honour Book 2017 - Older Readers^[17]
  • Shortlisted in the Prime Minister's Literary Awards 2017
  • Shortlisted for a CILIP Carnegie Medal 2017^[18]
  • Shortlisted for the Victorian Premier's Literary Award 2017^[19]
  • Shortlisted in the Queensland Literary Awards 2017^[20]
  • Shortlisted in the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize 2016^[21]
  • Shortlisted in the Inky Awards 2017^[22]
• The Ones that Disappeared
  • Winner of the NSW Premier's Literary Awards Ethel Turner Prize for Young People's Literature 2018^[23]
  • A Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Notable Book 2018^[24]
  • Shortlisted in the Prime Minister's Literary Awards 2018^[25]
  • Nominated for the 2018 CILIP Carnegie Medal^[26]
  • Shortlisted for the UK CrimeFest Award - Best Crime Novel for Young Adults^[27]
• Wisp
  • Longlisted in the 2020 Kate Greenaway Award^[28]
• The Lost Soul Atlas
  • Nominated for the 2021 CILIP Carnegie Medal^[29]
  • Shortlisted for the 2021 CBCA ^[30]
  • Winner, 2020 Aurealis Award for best children's fiction^[31]
• The Raven's Song
  • Shortlisted for the 2023 CBCA ^[32]
  • Shortlisted for the 2023 WA Premier's Prize for Children's Book of the Year^[33]
• The Way of Dog
  • Shortlisted for the 2023 CBCA
  • Shortlisted for the 2023 Children's Book Award at the Queensland Literary Awards^[34]

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Amnesty CILIP Honour winners 2017 . amnesty.org.uk . 11 November 2020.
2. Web site: Pilot Theatre will stage the World Premier of The Bone Sparrow . broadwayworld.com/uk-regional/ . 2021-09-29.
3. Web site: No Stars to Wish On Zana Fraillon . allenandunwin.com . 11 November 2020.
4. Web site: Isolation Publicity with Zana Fraillon . ashleighmeikle.com.au . 12 November 2020.
5. Web site: When No-One's Looking Masciullo, Lucia Fraillon, Zana . bookdepository.com . 11 November 2020.
6. Web site: When No-One's Looking Zana Fraillon . bookdepository.com . 11 November 2020.
7. Web site: Monstrum House Bind Up by Z. Fraillon Hardie Grant Publishing . hardiegrant.com . 11 November 2020.
8. Web site: No Stars to Wish on Zana Fraillon . allenandunwin.com . 11 November 2020.
9. Web site: Zana Fraillon Books Hachette Australia . hachette.com.au . 11 November 2020.
10. Web site: The Curiosities by Zana Fraillon Books Hachette Australia . hachette.com.au . 2021-09-29.
11. Web site: UQP The Way of Dog . uqp.com.au . 24 January 2022.
12. Web site: Allen & Unwin The Raven's Song . allenandunwin.com . 24 January 2023.
13. Web site: Old Barn Books The Raven's Song . oldbarnbooks.com . 24 January 2022.
14. Web site: 2017 Archive ABIA . abiaawards.com.au . 11 November 2020.
15. Web site: Blog Zana Fraillon Wins the 2017 Readings Young . readings.com.au . 11 November 2020.
16. Web site: IBBY Honour List 2018 . ibby.org . 12 November 2020.
17. Web site: CBCA Shortlist 2017 . cbca.org.au . 12 November 2020.
18. Web site: 2017 Shortlist Resources the CILIP Carnegie . carnegiegreenaway.org.uk . 11 November 2020.
19. Web site: Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2017 . wheelercentre.com . 12 November 2020.
20. Web site: Outstanding writers recognised as finalists in literary awards . statements.qld.gov.au . 11 November 2020.
21. Web site: Guardian Children's fiction prize 2016 shortlist . theguardian.com . 11 November 2020.
22. Web site: 2017 Shortlist The Inky Awards Blog . inkyawardsblog.insideadog.com.au . 11 November 2020.
23. Web site: Ethel Turner Prize for Young People's Literature . sl.nsw.gov.au . 12 November 2020.
24. Web site: CBCA Notables 2018 . cbca.org.au . 12 November 2020.
25. Web site: Winners and shortlist Office of the Arts . arts.gov.au . 11 November 2020.
26. Web site: Australians Nominated for the 2018 Carnegie . booksandpublishing.com.au . 12 November 2020.
27. Web site: Archive: 2018 Awards Crimefest . crimefest.com . 12 November 2020.
28. Web site: Longlists for 2020 CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway . carnegiegreenaway.org.uk . 12 November 2020.
29. Web site: CILIP Carnegie Medal Nominated Title 2021 . carnegiegreenaway.org.uk . 11 November 2020.
30. Web site: 2021-03-30. CBCA 2021 Book of the Year shortlists announced. 2021-03-30. Books+Publishing. en-AU.
31. Web site: 2021-07-09. Aurealis Awards 2020 winners announced. 2021-07-09. Books+Publishing. en-AU.
32. Web site: 2023-03-28 . CBCA Awards 2023 shortlists announced . 2023-03-29 . Books+Publishing.
33. Web site: 2023-06-23 . Winners of 2023 WA Premier's Book Awards announced . 2023-06-24 . The National Tribune . en-AU.
34. Web site: 2023-08-02 . Queensland Literary Awards 2023 shortlists . 2023-08-02 . Books+Publishing.