Janeen Brian

Janeen Brian (born 1948) is a South Australian writer of children's books. A primary school teacher prior to 1990, when she started writing full time, she published her 100th book in September, 2016.

Brian's work for middle school children Yong: The Journey of an Unworthy Son has been adapted to a stage production by Monkey Baa Theatre Company, with shows in regional Victoria and the Sydney Opera House.

Awards
Pilawuk-When I Was Young won a CBCA Eve Pownall Honour Award 1997.

Where Does Thursday Go? won a CBCA Honour Book 2002: Early Childhood for ages 2-6.

''Hoosh! Camels in Australia'' shortlisted in the CBCA Eve Pownall Award 2006.

Look, Baby! won the 2021 Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year for Birth to three years.

Children's books

 * Pilawuk-When I Was Young (1996) Era Publications ISBN 1-86374-256-5
 * Where Does Thursday Go? (2001) Scholastic Australia ISBN 1-876289-51-1
 * Hoosh! Camels in Australia (2006) ABC Books ISBN 978-0-7333-1504-6
 * Oddball (2008) Walker Books ISBN 978-1-921150-56-2
 * That Boy, Jack (2013) Walker Books Australia ISBN 978-1-922179-00-5
 * I'm A Dirty Dinosaur (2013) Penguin Books ISBN 978-0-670-07615-4
 * I’m A Hungry Dinosaur (2015) Penguin Books ISBN 978-0-670-07810-3
 * Yong Journey of an Unworthy Son (2016) Walker Books Australia ISBN 978-1-925126-29-7
 * Eloise and the Bucket of Stars (2020) Walker Books Australia ISBN 978-1-76065-187-9
 * The Fix-it Princess (2023) Walker Books Australia ISBN 978-1-76065-482-5