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Jane Godwin (born 1964 in Melbourne, Australia[1]) is an Australian author, and is a publisher at Penguin Books Australia for children and young adult books.
Recognition and Awards edit
Godwin has sole-authored fifteen books which have been published internationally, and she has earned many commendations.
- 1999: shortlisted for New South Wales State Literary Award Patricia Wrightson Prize - Sebby, Stee, The Garbos and Me
- 1999: finalist Young Australian Best Book Award - Sebby, Stee, The Garbos and Me
- 2000: winner of the Queensland Premier's Literary Award - The Family Tree
- 2006: shortlisted for CBC Book of the Year Awards in the Younger Readers category - The True Story of Mary
- 2021: shortlisted for the Children's prize at the Indie Book Awards - Sing Me The Summer[2]
- 2021: shortlisted for CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award: Older Readers - When Rain Turns to Snow[3]
- 2024: winner of Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) - Children's Picture Book of the Year (ages 0–6) - A Life Song[4]
As well as being an author, Godwin loves being creative with students of all ages. She lives in Melbourne with her husband and has two children. Her son is Wil Wagner of The Smith Street Band and her daughter Lizzie Wagner is an accomplished interior and event designer.[5][6]
Books edit
- The Family Tree (1998)
- Poor Fish (2000)
- When Anna Slept Over (2001)
- Millie Starts School (2001)
- Jessie and Mr Smith (2003)
- The Day I Turned Ten (2004)
- Minnie and The Super Guys (2004)
- The True Story of Mary (2005)
- When Elephants Lived In The Sea (2006)
- Falling from Grace (2006)
- Little Cat and the Big Red Bus (2008)
- Sam Sullivan's Scooter (2009)
- Where's Sunday? (2010)
- Today We Have No Plans (2012)
- Starting School (2013)
- How Big is Too Small? (2016)
- Go Go and the Silver Shoes (2018)
- What Do You Wish For? (2018)
- As Happy as Here (2019)
- Sing Me The Summer (2020)
- When Rain Turns to Snow (2020)
References edit
- ^ "Jane Godwin". Penguin Books. Archived from the original on 7 February 2008.
- ^ "Indie Book Awards 2021 shortlists announced". Books+Publishing. 20 January 2021. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
- ^ "CBCA 2021 Book of the Year shortlists announced". Books+Publishing. 30 March 2021. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
- ^ ABIA (9 May 2024). "Australian Book Industry Award Winners 2024". ABIA. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
- ^ "Show & Tell Promotions with Jane Godwin". showtell.com.au. Archived from the original on 13 September 2009.
- ^ "Michael Wagner & Jane Godwin: talented literary partners". The Boomerang Books Blog blog.boomerangbooks.com.au. 8 April 2018.
