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Felicity Castagna

フェリシティ・カスターニャ

Ferishiti Kasutanya

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
Australia
Nationality
Australian
Languages
English
Residence History
Australia → North America → Asia

Career

Occupations
Novelist, creative writing lecturer
Active Years
2011-2024
Affiliations
Western Sydney University, Writing NSW
Nominations
Ethel Turner Prize (NSW Premier's Literary Awards) 2014, Children's Book of the Year Award: Older Readers 2014, Western Australian Premier's Book Awards Writing for Young Adults 2014, Queensland Literary Awards Young Adult Book Award 2014, Adelaide Festival Awards Young Adult Fiction 2016, Miles Franklin Award 2018, Voss Literary Prize 2018, NSW Premier's Literary Awards NSW Multicultural Award 2018, Children's Book of the Year Award: Older Readers 2022, Ethel Turner Prize (NSW Premier's Literary Awards) 2022

Education

University of Sydney
Degree: BA
Country: Australia
University of New England
Degree: GradDipEd
Country: Australia
Western Sydney University
Degree: PhD
Year of Graduation: 2015
Country: Australia
Space, anxiety and the politics of belonging in suburban Australia

Awards

Prime Minister's Literary Awards Young Adult Fiction Prize
2014
Work: The Incredible Here and Now
Category: Young Adult Fiction
Organization: Australian Government
Result: winner
Victorian Premier's Prize for Writing for Young Adults
2022
Work: Girls in Boys' Cars
Category: Writing for Young Adults
Organization: Victorian Government
Result: winner
Queensland Literary Awards Griffith University Young Adult Book Award
2022
Work: Girls in Boys' Cars
Category: Young Adult Book
Organization: Queensland Government
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Incredible Here and Now

2013 Young Adult fiction
suburban lifebelonginganxiety
Adaptations
  • [Play] The Incredible Here and Now: The play (2017)

No More Boats

2017 Fiction

Girls in Boys' Cars

2021 Young Adult fiction

Bibliography

  • Small Indiscretions: Stories of travel in Asia (2011)
  • The Incredible Here and Now (2013)
  • No More Boats (2017)
  • The Incredible Here and Now: The play (2017)
  • Girls in Boys' Cars (2021)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
contemporary narrativesuburban depiction
Recurring Motifs
migrationidentityyouth

Legacy

Prominent Australian young adult novelist who has won multiple major literary awards.