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Phillip Gwynne (Author)
Phillip Gwynne's first novel Deadly Unna? the literary hit of 1998, has now sold over 180,000 copies. It was made into the feature film Australian Rules for which Phillip won an AFI award. The sequel, Nukkin Ya, was published to great acclaim in 2000. He has also written The Worst Team Ever, Born to Bake, and A Chook Called Harry in the Aussie Bites series, and Jetty Rats. Phillip's latest novel, the adult detective thriller The Build Up, is being made into a 13-part TV series on SBS, and his YA novel, Swerve, will be published in 2010.
He now lives in Leura, New South Wales, with his wife and three children: aged 17, 2 and 1.
Profile was last updated on the 5th of Jun 2009.
Awards:
APA Book Design Awards
Short-listed in 2010 for Swerve (Best Children's Cover)
Short-listed in 2010 for Swerve (Best Design YA Book)
Winner in 2010 for Swerve (Best Design YA Book)
CBC Book of the Year
Notable Book in 2010 for Swerve (Older Readers)
Notable Book in 2010 for Chook Called Harry: Aussie Bites (Young Reader)
Winner in 1999 for Deadly, Unna? (Older Readers)
Children's Peace Lit Award (PEACE)
Short-listed in 2007 for Born to Bake: Aussie Bites
Winner in 1999 for Deadly, Unna?
Family Award for Children's Books
Highly commended in 1998 for Deadly, Unna?
Internat'l Board on bks for young people
Short-listed in 2002 for Nukkin Ya (Young Adult Division)
Miscelleneous Award
Winner in 2003 for Deadly, Unna?
Winner in 1998 for Deadly, Unna?
New South Wales State Literary Award
Short-listed in 2005 for Jetty Rats
Short-listed in 1999 for Deadly, Unna?
NSW State Literary Award
Short-listed in 2005 for Jetty Rats (Ethel Turner Award)
Short-listed in 1999 for Deadly, Unna? (Ethel Turner Award)
S.A. Festival Award for Literature
Short-listed in 2006 for Jetty Rats
Short-listed in 2002 for Nukkin Ya (Best Book)
Winner in 2000 for Deadly, Unna? (Book of the Year)
Victorian Premier's Literary Award
Winner in 1999 for Deadly, Unna? (Young Adult Division)
W.A. Young Readers Book Award (WAYRA)
Short-listed in 2000 for Deadly, Unna? (Older Readers)
