Jane Godwin (born 1964 in
Melbourne, Australia
Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a metropol ...
) is an Australian author, and is a publisher at
Penguin Books Australia for children and young adult books.
Godwin has sole-authored fifteen books which have been published internationally, and she has earned many commendations. Her novel ''The Family Tree'' won the 2000
Queensland Premier's Literary Award
The Queensland Premier's Literary Awards were an Australian suite of literary awards inaugurated in 1999 and disestablished in 2012. It was one of the most generous suites of literary awards within Australia, with $225,000 in prize money across ...
. ''Sebby, Stee, The Garbos and Me'' was shortlisted for the 1999 New South Wales State Literary Award (
Patricia Wrightson Prize) and was also a Young Australian Best Book Award finalist. ''The True Story of Mary'' was shortlisted for the 2006 CBC Book of the Year Awards in the Younger Readers category. ''Sing Me The Summer'' was shortlisted for the Children's prize at the 2021 Indie Book Awards, while ''When Rain Turns to Snow'' was shortlisted for the 2021 CBCA
Children's Book of the Year Award: Older Readers.
As well as being an author, Godwin loves being creative with students of all ages. She lives in Melbourne with her husband and has two children. Her son is Wil Wagner of
The Smith Street Band
The Smith Street Band are an Australian rock band from Melbourne, Victoria, in which the titular Smith Street can be found. The band have released five extended plays and six studio albums, ''No One Gets Lost Anymore'' (2011), ''Sunshine and T ...
and her daughter Lizzie Wagner is an accomplished interior and event designer.
Books
* ''The Family Tree'' (1998)
* ''Poor Fish'' (2000)
* ''When Anna Slept Over'' (2001)
* ''Millie Starts School'' (2001)
* ''Jessie and Mr Smith'' (2003)
* ''The Day I Turned Ten'' (2004)
* ''Minnie and The Super Guys'' (2004)
* ''
The True Story of Mary'' (2005)
* ''When Elephants Lived In The Sea'' (2006)
* ''
Falling from Grace'' (2006)
* ''Little Cat and the Big Red Bus'' (2008)
* ''Sam Sullivan's Scooter'' (2009)
* ''Where's Sunday?'' (2010)
* ''Today We Have No Plans'' (2012)
* ''Starting School'' (2013)
* ''How Big is Too Small?'' (2016)
* ''Go Go and the Silver Shoes'' (2018)
* ''What Do You Wish For?'' (2018)
* ''As Happy as Here'' (2019)
* ''Sing Me The Summer'' (2020)
* ''When Rain Turns to Snow'' (2020)
References
External links
Author Profile at Penguin Books
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1964 births
Living people
20th-century Australian novelists
21st-century Australian novelists
Australian children's writers
Australian women novelists
Writers from Melbourne
20th-century Australian women writers
21st-century Australian women writers