Shivaun Plozza

Shivaun Plozza’s critically acclaimed debut novel, Frankie, was nominated to ALA’s Best Fiction for Young Adults list, highly commended at the Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards, and shortlisted for the CBCA Book of the Year Awards, and won the Davitt Award for best YA crime novel. Her second novel, Tin Heart, was nominated to ALA’s Best Fiction for Young Adults list and received starred reviews from Kirkus Reviews and Publishers Weekly. Bestselling author Jennifer Niven called Tin Heart “from cover to cover swoon-worthy, moving, deep, and funny.” Shivaun’s middle-grade debut, The Boy, the Wolf, and the Stars, was a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection. Shivaun lives in Victoria, Australia, with her cat. (Photo Credit: Peta Twisk)