SHORT BIO
Shivaun Plozza is the award-winning author of Frankie, Tin Heart, The Boy, the Wolf, and the Stars and A Reluctant Witch’s Guide to Magic. Her writing has been shortlisted for the CBCA Book of the Year, YALSA's Top Ten Best Young Adult Books of the Year, and the Gold Inky. She won the Davitt Award for Best Young Adult Crime Novel in 2017.
STANDARD BIO
Shivaun Plozza is an award-winning author of books for children and young adults. Her debut novel, Frankie, was shortlisted for the CBCA Book of the Year (Older Readers) and won a number of awards, including the Davitt Awards and a commendation from the Victorian Premier’s Literary Award. Her second novel, Tin Heart, sold in four foreign territories, received two starred reviews, and was nominated to ALA’S Best Fiction for Young Adults list. She has written two middle grade fantasy novels, The Boy, the Wolf, and the Stars and A Reluctant Witch’s Guide to Magic, both sold in multiple territories. She is a frequent contributor to anthologies, and when she is not writing she works as an editor and manuscript assessor. She lives in Victoria, Australia, with her cat, Fenchurch.
50-WORD BIO
Shivaun Plozza is the award-winning author of Frankie, Tin Heart, The Boy, the Wolf, and the Stars and A Reluctant Witch’s Guide to Magic. She won the Davitt Award for Best YA Crime Novel in 2017 and has been shortlisted for numerous prizes, including the CBCA Book of the Year.
SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS
Website: shivaunplozza.com
Twitter: @ShivaunPlozza
Instagram: @shivaunplozza
CONTACT INFO
Publicity
Australia:
For all media and publicity inquiries, please contact Tijana Aronson at Penguin Random House Australia
P (03) 8537 4599
TAronson@penguinrandomhouse.com.au
North America:
For all media and publicity inquiries, please contact Clarion Books
(617) 351-5968
childrens_publicity@hmhpub.com
Agent
Katelyn Detweiler @ Jill Grinberg Literary Management
katelyn@jillgrinbergliterary.com
www.jillgrinbergliterary.com
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