Sonya Harnett is a native of Melbourne, Australia where she
began writing novels at the young age of thirteen. In 1984, when Sonya was fifteen her first novel Trouble All the Way was published. Since
Sonya met success at such a young age she was called a teenage novelty, a label
that took years to erase. Her work
is now taken seriously and although her novels are targeted at a young adult
audience, adults enjoy them as well.
She has written nineteen young adult books since her first
publication. She has been praised
as one of the best Australian writers of her generation and has won countless
awards both in and out of Australia, most notably being the prestigious Astrid
Lindgren Prize for Children's and Young People's Literature.
Sources:
"Sonya Hartnett." Britishcouncil.org. British Counsil, 2011. Web. 18 Nov. 2013.
"About Sonya." Sonya
Hartnett. Penguin Group, 2013. Web. 18 Nov. 2013.
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