Lili Wilkinson (born 7 April 1981) is an Australian author. She has also written for several publications, including ''

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'', and managed insideadog.com.au, a website for teenagers about books, as part of her role at the Centre For Youth Literature at the

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until January 2011.

Early life

Wilkinson was born in

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, the daughter of children's author, Carole Wilkinson, and film and television sound recordist, John Wilkinson. She attended Spensley Street Primary School and Mac.Robertson Girls' High School, and has referred to her high school self as "a bit of a nerd". Heavily involved in drama, in Year 7 she played Aphrodite in a musical version of the Greek epic ''

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''.

Influences

Wilkinson has spoken of her love for the work of

Diana Wynne Jones Diana Wynne Jones (16 August 1934 – 26 March 2011) was a British novelist, poet, academic, literary critic, and short story writer. She principally wrote fantasy and speculative fiction novels for children and young adults. Although usually d ...

David Almond David Almond (born 15 May 1951) is a British author who has written many novels for children's literature, children and young adult fiction, young adults from 1998, each one receiving critical acclaim. He is one of thirty children's writers, and ...

and

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in interviews. She has also revealed that

Shaun Tan Shaun Tan (born 15 January 1974) is an Australian artist, writer and film maker. He won an Academy Award for '' The Lost Thing'', a 2011 animated short film adaptation of the 2000 picture book he wrote and illustrated. He also wrote and illustrat ...

is her favourite illustrator. She has been quoted as saying: "My favourite books would be '' Fire and Hemlock'' by Diana Wynne Jones and '' Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There'' by Lewis Carroll. Oh, and ''

Love That Dog ''Love That Dog'' is a free verse piece written by Sharon Creech and published by HarperCollins. It is written in diary format, in the perspective of a young boy who resists poetry assignments from his teacher. The author drew inspiration from Wa ...

'' by

Sharon Creech Sharon Creech (born July 29, 1945) is an American writer of children's novels. She was the first American winner of the Carnegie Medal (literary award), Carnegie Medal for British children's books and the first person to win both the American ...

. And ''

The Last Samurai ''The Last Samurai'' is a 2003 American epic period action drama film directed and produced by Edward Zwick, who also co-wrote the screenplay with John Logan and Marshall Herskovitz from a story devised by Logan. The film stars Tom Cruise, ...

'' by Helen DeWitt. Do I have to stop there?"black dog books , authors & illustrators , Lili Wilkinson

Doctoral thesis

In 2015, Wilkinson completed a PhD in Writing which examined the influence of young adult fiction on the politicisation of teenagers.

Works

Novels

*''Joan of Arc: The Story of Jehanne Darc'' (2006) *''Scatterheart'' (2007) *''The Not-Quite Perfect Boyfriend'' (2008) *''

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'' *''Angel Fish'' (2009) *''Pocketful of eyes'' (2011) *''Love-shy'' (2012) *''The Zigzag Effect'' (2013) *''Green Valentine'' (2015) *''The Boundless Sublime'' (2016) *''After the Lights Go Out'' (2018) *''The Erasure Initiative'' (2020) *''A Hunger of Thorns'' (2023)

Hodgepodge series

* ''Hodgepodge: How to Make a Pet Monster 1'' (2020) * ''Flummox: How to Make a Pet Monster 2'' (2021) * ''Smidgen: How to Make a Pet Monster 3'' (2022)

Picture books

* ''That Christmas Feeling'' (2017) * ''Clancy the Quokka'' (2020)

Anthologies

*''Short'' (as editor) (2008)

Short stories

* "The Babysitter" in ''Trust Me'' (edited by Paul Collins) (2008) * "The Moth-er" in ''Short and Scary'' (edited by Karen Tayleur) (2010) * "Oona Underground" in ''Begin, End, Begin: A LoveOzYA Anthology'' (edited by Danielle Binks) (2017) * "If the Shoe Fits" in ''Everything Under the Moon: Fairy Tales in a Queerer Light'' (edited by Michael Earp) (2023)

Miscellaneous

* "Fantastic Worlds" & "In Defense of Pink Books" in ''Right Book Right Time'' (Agnes Nieuwenhuizen) (2007)

Awards and recognition

* 2020

Aurealis Award for Best Children's Fiction ''Aurealis'' is an Australian speculative fiction magazine published by Chimaera Publications, and is Australia's longest running small-press science-fiction and fantasy magazine. The magazine is based in Melbourne. History and profile ''Aureali ...

, shortlisted for ''Hodgepodge: How to Make a Pet Monster'' *2020

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, winner for ''The Erasure Initiative'' *2021 Griffith University Young Adult Book Award,

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, shortlisted for ''The Erasure Initiative'' *2024 Victorian Premier's Prize for Writing for Young Adults, winner for ''A Hunger of Thorns'' *2024

Prime Minister's Literary Award The Australian Prime Minister's Literary Awards (PMLA) were announced at the end of 2007 by the incoming First Rudd ministry following the 2007 Australian federal election, 2007 election. They are administered by the Minister for the Arts (Aust ...

for Young Adult Fiction, shortlisted for ''A Hunger of Thorns''

References

External links

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