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Shivaun Plozza is an award-winning Australian author of books for children and young adults. She also works as an editor, manuscript assessor and illustrator.

Biography
Plozza grew up in regional Victoria, Australia. Plozza’s debut novel, Frankie won several awards including the Davitt Award, High Commendation from the Victorian Premier's Literary Awards, a Children's Book of the Year Award: Older Readers 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. Her second novel, Tin Heart was inspired by her brother’s liver transplant.

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.

Novels

 * Frankie (2016)
 * Tin Heart (2018)
 * The Boy, The Wolf and the Stars (2020)

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

 * 2019 - Star - Kirkus Review: Tin Heart
 * 2019 - Top Ten Best Fiction - American Library Association: Frankie
 * 2019 - Highly Commended - Victorian Premier's Literary Award; Writing for Young Adults: Tin Heart
 * 2017 - Shortlisted - Book of the Year: Older Readers: Frankie
 * 2017 - Notable - Book of the Year Older Readers: Frankie


 * 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

Fellowships

 * 2019 May Gibbs Fellowship 2019


 * 2018 Bundanon Trust - Artist in Residence


 * 2015 Varuna Residential Fellowship
 * 2014 Glenfern Fellowship