Natalie Jane Prior

Natalie Jane Prior
Born November 1963 (age 52)
Brisbane, Australia
Nationality Australian
Genre Children's literature, young-adult fiction
Website
www.nataliejaneprior.com

Natalie Jane Prior is an Australian writer of children's literature and young-adult fiction.

Biography

Prior was born in 1963 in Brisbane, Australia, where she also currently lives with her husband and daughter.[1] She is best known for her internationally successful children's fantasy series, Lily Quench, which has been published in more than twenty countries. Her first fiction book, The Amazing Adventures of Amabel, was published in 1990.[2] She is also the author of The Minivers series and many other books including the picture book PomPom, illustrated by long-time collaborator, Cheryl Orsini, and three picture books about The Paw, illustrated by Terry Denton. Her most recent book is The Fairy Dancers, also illustrated by Cheryl Orsini.[2] Prior's work has been a finalist at the Children's Book Council of Australia Awards as well as being honoured and named as notable.[2] Her book, Fireworks and Darkness, won the 2003 Davitt Awards for best young-adult novel and Lily Quench and the Lighthouse of Skellig Mor won the 2003 Aurealis Award for best children's short fiction.[3][4] She has also been nominated for an Aurealis Award on three other occasions for best short fiction, long fiction and young-adult novel.[5]

Bibliography

Novels

Lily Quench

Main article: Lily Quench

The Ostermark novels

The Dolls

The Minivers

Picture books

The Paw (with illustrator Terry Denton)

Other books

Non fiction

Nominations and awards

Aurealis Awards

Children's Book Council of Australia Awards

Davitt Awards

References

  1. "About Natalie". nataliejaneprior.com. Retrieved 2015-08-25.
  2. 1 2 3 "Natalie Jane Prior Homepage". Natalie Jane Prior. Retrieved 2015-08-25.
  3. "Davitt Awards 2003". Davitt Awards. Retrieved 2010-04-28.
  4. "The Locus Index to SF Awards: 2004 Aurealis Awards". Locus Online. Retrieved 2010-04-28.
  5. "The Locus Index to SF Awards: Index of Literary Nominees". Locus Online. Retrieved 2010-04-28.

External links

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