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Jaclyn Moriarty

ジャクリン・モリアーティ

Jakurin Moriāti

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1968-01-01 （Perth, Western Australia）
Nationality
Australia
Languages
English
Residence History
North-west suburbs of Sydney → Sydney

Career

Occupations
Novelist
Active Years
2000-2024
Nominations
Aurealis Award for Best Children's Fiction 2018 (shortlisted for The Extremely Inconvenient Adventures of Bronte Mettlestone), Aurealis Award for Best Children's Fiction 2019 (shortlisted for The Slightly Alarming Tales of the Whispering Wars), Children's Book of the Year Award: Younger Readers 2021 (shortlisted for The Stolen Prince of Cloudburst), Queensland Literary Awards Children's Book Award 2021 (shortlisted for The Stolen Prince of Cloudburst), Prime Minister's Literary Awards Children's fiction 2021 (shortlisted for The Stolen Prince of Cloudburst)

Education

University of Sydney
English and Law
Country: Australia
Upon graduating from high school
Yale University
Law
Degree: Masters in Law
Country: United States
Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
Law
Degree: PhD
Country: United Kingdom

Awards

New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards
2001
Work: Feeling Sorry for Celia
Category: Ethel Turner Prize for Young People's Literature
Organization: Government of New South Wales
Result: winner
Davitt Award
2007
Work: The Betrayal of Bindy Mackenzie
Organization: Sisters in Crime Australia
Result: winner
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards
2013
Work: A Corner of White
Category: Ethel Turner Prize for Young People's Literature
Organization: Government of New South Wales
Result: winner
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards
2015
Work: The Cracks in the Kingdom
Category: Ethel Turner Prize for Young People's Literature
Organization: Government of New South Wales
Result: winner
Queensland Literary Awards
2019
Work: The Slightly Alarming Tale of the Whispering Wars
Category: Children's Book Award
Organization: State Library of Queensland
Result: winner
Indie Book Awards Book of the Year – Children's
2024
Work: The Impossible Secret of Lillian Velvet
Organization: Australian Independent Booksellers
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Feeling Sorry for Celia

2000 Young adult literature

A story of teenagers told through letters, emails, etc.

FriendshipLoveYouth

A Corner of White

2012 Fantasy young adult

A story involving a parallel world connected through letters and cracks.

FantasyEpistolaryParallel worlds

The Cracks in the Kingdom

2014 Fantasy young adult

Second book in the Colours of Madeleine trilogy.

KingdomsAdventureFantasy

The Extremely Inconvenient Adventures of Bronte Mettlestone

2017 Children's fiction

Adventures of Bronte Mettlestone.

AdventureQuest

Bibliography

  • Feeling Sorry for Celia
  • Finding Cassie Crazy / The Year of Secret Assignments
  • The Betrayal of Bindy Mackenzie / Becoming Bindy Mackenzie / The Murder of Bindy Mackenzie
  • Dreaming of Amelia / The Ghosts of Ashbury High
  • A Corner of White
  • The Cracks in the Kingdom
  • A Tangle of Gold
  • The Extremely Inconvenient Adventures of Bronte Mettlestone
  • The Slightly Alarming Tale of the Whispering Wars
  • The Stolen Prince of Cloudburst
  • The Astonishing Chronicles of Oscar from Elsewhere
  • The Impossible Secret of Lillian Velvet
  • I Have a Bed Made of Buttermilk Pancakes
  • The Spell Book of Listen Taylor
  • Gravity is the Thing

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Epistolary styleMultiple voicesHumour
Recurring Motifs
LettersSchool lifeFantasy elements

Legacy

Prominent Australian young adult novelist, winner of multiple literary awards. Sisters are also novelists.

Trivia

  • Sisters Liane Moriarty and Nicola are also novelists.
  • Former entertainment and media lawyer.
  • Previously married to Canadian writer Colin McAdam.