Penni Russon (born 27 December 1974) is an Australian writer of children's literature and young adult fiction.
Penni Russon | |
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| Born | 27 December 1974 Tasmania, Australia |
| Genre | Children's literature, young adult fiction |
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Biography edit
Russon was born in 1974 in Tasmania, Australia.[1] Russon studied children's literature at Monash University and professional writing and editing at RMIT University. She is a freelance editor and originally wrote poems.[2] In 2004, her first novel was published by Random House, entitled Undine.[3] Undine was a finalist in the 2004 Aurealis Award for best young-adult novel but lost to Scott Westerfeld's The Secret Hour.[4] In 2005, she released the sequel to Undine, entitled Breathe, which was published by Random House, and in 2007 she concluded the Undine trilogy with Drift.[5][6] Breathe received a note of high commendation at the 2005 Aurealis Awards.[7] Russon has written three novels in the Girlfriend Fiction series, one in collaboration with Kate Constable, and in 2007 she released Josie and the Michael Street Kids, which was a finalist for the 2009 Children's Peace Literature Award.[8][9][10] In 2020, she completed a PhD in comics as therapy in youth mental health, titled Seeing feeling, feeling seen: a reparative poetics of youth mental health in graphic medicine.[11]
Bibliography edit
Undine trilogy
- Undine (2004)
- Breathe (2005)
- Drift (2007)
Other novels
- Josie and the Michael Street Kids (2007, part of the Aussie Chomps series)
- Indigo Girls (2008, book 2 in the Girlfriend Fiction series)
- Little Bird (2009, book 13 in the Girlfriend Fiction series)
- Dear Swoosie (2010, with Kate Constable, book 17 in the Girlfriend Fiction series)
- Only Ever Always (2011)
- The Endsister (2018)
Awards and nominations edit
Aurealis Awards
- Best young-adult novel
- 2004: Nomination: Undine
- Best children's fiction
- 2018: Winner: The Endsister
Children's Peace Literature Award
- 2009: Nomination: Josie and the Michael Street Kids
References edit
- ^ "About Penni Russon". pennirusson.com. Archived from the original on 28 October 2010. Retrieved 2 May 2010.
- ^ "Penni Russon". Fantastic Fiction. Retrieved 2 May 2010.
- ^ "Undine". Random House. Retrieved 2 May 2010.
- ^ "The Locus Index to SF Awards: 2005 Aurealis Awards". Locus Online. Retrieved 2 May 2010.
- ^ "Breathe". Random House. Retrieved 2 May 2010.
- ^ "Drift". Random House. Retrieved 2 May 2010.
- ^ "Aurealis Awards, previous years' results" (PDF). Aurealis Awards. 1995–2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2010. Retrieved 19 January 2010.
- ^ "Little Bird (Girlfriend Fiction 13)". Allen & Unwin. Retrieved 2 May 2010.
- ^ "Indigo Girls (Girlfriend Fiction 2)". Allen & Unwin. Retrieved 2 May 2010.
- ^ "Josie and the Michael Street Kids: Aussie Chomps by Penni Russon". Penguin Books. Retrieved 2 May 2010.
- ^ ""Seeing feeling, feeling seen: a reparative poetics of youth mental health in graphic medicine"". The University of Melbourne Library. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
