Claire Zorn

Claire Zorn (born in Penrith, New South Wales[1]) is an Australian writer of young adult fiction. She was awarded the CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award: Older Readers in 2015 and 2017.

Personal life

Zorn grew up in the Blue Mountains[1] and attended St Columba’s Catholic College.[2] She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts and a post graduate diploma in writing[3] from University of Technology Sydney.[4] As a writer of both fiction and non-fiction, her work has been published in literary journals including Wet Ink and the Overland Literary Journal,[5] and she blogs.[6] She is a Christian and has spoken publicly about how her faith influences her writing. She says she tries to view her characters with the same compassion and judgement as Christ views people.[7]

Published works and awards
  • The Sky So Heavy (2013). University of Queensland Press. ISBN 9780702249761Set in the Blue Mountains, Zorn's first novel tells the story of a group of teenagers struggling to survive a nuclear winter.
    • Honour Book 2014 Children’s Book Council of Australia Award for Older Readers
    • Shortlisted 2014 Inky Gold Award
    • Shortlisted 2014 Aurealis Awards - Best Young Adult Novel
    • Shortlisted 2015 REAL Children's Choice Award - Fiction for Years 7-9[8]
  • The Protected (2014). University of Queensland Press. ISBN 9780702250194[9]
    • Winner, Prime Minister's Literary Awards 2015 - Young Adult Fiction
    • Winner of the 2015 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Young Adult
    • Winner, 2015 CBCA Book of the Year for Older Readers
    • Shortlisted, 2015 Inky Gold Award
    • Selected in New Zealand Listener’s Top 50 Children’s Books for 2014
  • One Would Think the Deep (2016). University of Queensland Press. ISBN 9780702253942[10] A novel about a 17-year-old boy learning to deal with the death of his mother and life in a small coastal town.

References
  1. "Claire Zorn - Booked Out". Booked Out. Retrieved 2017-08-18.
  2. Stanisic, Annabella Noussis (2016). "Year 10 Author Visit" (PDF). The Dove. St Columba's Catholic College. Retrieved 2017-08-18.
  3. "The Sky So Heavy Teacher's notes". University of Queensland Press. Retrieved 2017-08-18.
  4. Arts, Department of Communications and the (2016-08-05). "The Protected by Claire Zorn". www.arts.gov.au. Retrieved 2017-08-19.
  5. "Author biography". Overland. 2011.
  6. "Claire Zorn". Claire Zorn. Retrieved 2017-08-18.
  7. https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/soul-search/sydney-writers-festival:-whats-god-got-to-do-with-it/11100486
  8. "UQP - The Sky So Heavy". www.uqp.uq.edu.au. Retrieved 2017-08-18.
  9. "The Sky so heavy Teacher's notes" (PDF). University of Queensland Press.
  10. "One would think the deep. Teacher's notes" (PDF). University of Queensland Press.
  11. Convery, Stephanie; Harmon, Steph (2017-08-17). "Claire Zorn's grief-and-surfing story wins children's book of the year award". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2017-08-19.
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