Sonya Hartnett (Author)

Sonya Hartnett is the internationally acclaimed author of several novels, including Thursday's Child, winner of the 2002 Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, and Forest, winner of the 2002 Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year: Older Readers. In 2003, her adult novel, Of a Boy, won The Age Book of the Year and was shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Award.

In 2000 and again in 2003, Sonya Hartnett has been named one of The Sydney Morning Herald Young Novelists of the Year. Her work has been published internationally with editions available in the UK, US, Canada, Germany, Italy, Norway and Denmark.

In 2004, The Silver Donkey was published to great critical acclaim. It has won the 2005 Brisbane Courier Mail award for young readers and was CBC Book of the Year (Young readers) in 2005.

Surrender was published in 2005. It was shortlisted for The Age Book of the Year Award and the Aurealis Award - Fantasy Division in 2005.

In 2008 Sonya was the recipient of The Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. The prize is awarded to authors, illustrators, narrators and/or promoters of reading whose work reflects the spirit of Astrid Lindgren.  It is the first time this award has gone to an Australian.

Sonya lives in Melbourne. She has a dog named Shilo and a cat named Marcus.

Awards:

Internat'l Board on bks for young people  - Honour Book
Nominated - 2009 for The Ghost's Child

NSW Premier's Literary Awards  - Patricia Wrightson Awd
Short-listed - 2009 for Sadie and Ratz: Aussie Nibble

CBC Book of the Year  - Young Reader
Notable Book - 2009 for Sadie and Ratz: Aussie Nibble

Commonwealth Writers' Prize Regional  - Best Book
Short-listed - 2008 for The Ghost's Child

COOL Award  - Fiction for Years 7-9
Winner - 2007 for The Silver Donkey

Kids Own Aust Literature Award (KOALA)  - Fiction for Years 7-9
Short-listed - 2007 for The Silver Donkey

Dublin Literary Award
Nominated - 2007 for Surrender

American Library Assocation  - Best Book
Nominated - 2007 for Surrender

Bolinda Audio Award
Short-listed - 2007 for Surrender

Michael L. Printz Award (US)  - Young Adult Division
Honour - 2007 for Surrender

Melbourne Prize for Literature  - Best Writing Award
Short-listed - 2006 for Surrender

Commonwealth Writers Prize (UK)  - Best Book
Short-listed - 2006 for Surrender

ABPA Book Design Awards  - Literary Fiction
Short-listed - 2006 for Surrender

Courier Mail Book of the Year
Winner - 2005 for The Silver Donkey

CBC Book of the Year  - Young Reader
Winner - 2005 for The Silver Donkey

NSW Premier's Literary Awards  - Patricia Wrightson Awd
Short-listed - 2005 for The Silver Donkey

The Age Book of the Year
Short-listed - 2005 for Surrender

Victorian Premier's Literary Award  - Fiction
Winner - 2005 for Surrender

Qld Premier's Literary Award  - Young Adult Division
Short-listed - 2005 for Surrender

Aurealis Award  - Fantasy Division
Short-listed - 2005 for Surrender

Dublin Literary Award
Nominated - 2004 for Of A Boy

Victorian Premier's Literary Award  - Fiction
Short-listed - 2003 for Of A Boy

The Age Book of the Year
Winner - 2003 for Of A Boy

NSW Premier's Literary Awards  - Fiction
Short-listed - 2003 for Of A Boy

Orange Prize for Fiction (UK)  - Fiction
Long-listed - 2003 for Of A Boy

Commonwealth Writers Prize (UK)  - Best Book
Winner - 2003 for Of A Boy

The Miles Franklin Literary Award
Short-listed - 2003 for Of A Boy

Guardian Award (UK)
Winner - 2002 for Thursday's Child

NSW Premier's Literary Awards  - Young Adult Book Award
Short-listed - 2001 for Thursday's Child

CBC Book of the Year  - Older Readers
Short-listed - 2001 for Thursday's Child

Australian Publishers Association
Short-listed - 2000 for Thursday's Child

Aurealis Award  - Young Adult Division
Winner - 2000 for Thursday's Child

Miscelleneous Award  - Young Adult Division
Short-listed - 1999 for Sleeping Dogs

Miscelleneous Award  - Young Adult Division
Short-listed - 1999 for Sleeping Dogs

CBC Book of the Year  - Older Readers
Short-listed - 1999 for All My Dangerous Friends

NSW Premier's Literary Awards  - Children's Fiction
Short-listed - 1996 for Sleeping Dogs

Internat'l Board on bks for young people
Winner - 1996 for Wilful Blue

The Miles Franklin Literary Award
Winner - 1996 for Sleeping Dogs

CBC Book of the Year
Honour - 1996 for Sleeping Dogs

Victorian Premier's Literary Award
Winner - 1996 for Sleeping Dogs

Profile was last updated on 10 September 2009.