Davitt Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 12 (2012) Winner
Meg McKinlay
メグ・マッキンライ
Megu Makkinrei
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- Bendigo, Victoria
- Nationality
- Australia
- Languages
- English, Japanese
- Residence History
- Bendigo, Victoria → Fremantle, Western Australia
Career
- Occupations
- Children's writer, Young adult novelist, Poet
- Active Years
- 2010-
- Affiliations
- University of Western Australia Honorary Research Associate
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Western Australia | — | Literature | PhD | — | Australia |
University of Western Australia
Literature
Degree:
PhD
Year of Graduation:
2001
Country:
Australia
PhD thesis: Gender and cross-cultural analysis: The novels of Tsushima Yûko 1976–1985
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Davitt Award | Surface Tension | Best Young Adult Novel | Sisters in Crime Australia | winner |
| 2013 | Crystal Kite Award | Ten Tiny Things | New Zealand/Australia | SCBWI | winner |
| 2015 | Aurealis Award | A Single Stone | Best Children's Fiction | — | winner |
| 2015 | Queensland Literary Awards | A Single Stone | Children's Book Award | — | winner |
| 2016 | Prime Minister's Literary Awards | A Single Stone | Young Adult Fiction | Australian Government | winner |
| 2019 | Western Australian Premier's Book Awards | Catch a Falling Star | Writing for Children | — | winner |
| 2020 | Crystal Kite Award | Catch a Falling Star | New Zealand/Australia | SCBWI | winner |
| 2020 | Western Australian Premier's Book Awards | How to Make a Bird | Writing for Children | — | winner |
| 2021 | Prime Minister's Literary Awards | How to Make a Bird | Children's Fiction | Australian Government | winner |
| 2021 | Crystal Kite Award | How to Make a Bird | New Zealand/Australia | SCBWI | winner |
| 2021 | Children's Book of the Year Award: Picture Book | How to Make a Bird | — | Children's Book Council of Australia | winner |
Davitt Award
2012
Work:
Surface Tension
Category:
Best Young Adult Novel
Organization:
Sisters in Crime Australia
Result:
winner
Crystal Kite Award
2013
Work:
Ten Tiny Things
Category:
New Zealand/Australia
Organization:
SCBWI
Result:
winner
Aurealis Award
2015
Work:
A Single Stone
Category:
Best Children's Fiction
Result:
winner
Queensland Literary Awards
2015
Work:
A Single Stone
Category:
Children's Book Award
Result:
winner
Prime Minister's Literary Awards
2016
Work:
A Single Stone
Category:
Young Adult Fiction
Organization:
Australian Government
Result:
winner
Western Australian Premier's Book Awards
2019
Work:
Catch a Falling Star
Category:
Writing for Children
Result:
winner
Crystal Kite Award
2020
Work:
Catch a Falling Star
Category:
New Zealand/Australia
Organization:
SCBWI
Result:
winner
Western Australian Premier's Book Awards
2020
Work:
How to Make a Bird
Category:
Writing for Children
Result:
winner
Prime Minister's Literary Awards
2021
Work:
How to Make a Bird
Category:
Children's Fiction
Organization:
Australian Government
Result:
winner
Crystal Kite Award
2021
Work:
How to Make a Bird
Category:
New Zealand/Australia
Organization:
SCBWI
Result:
winner
Children's Book of the Year Award: Picture Book
2021
Work:
How to Make a Bird
Organization:
Children's Book Council of Australia
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Prime Minister's Literary Awards
2 appearances
-
Edition 9 (2016) Winner
-
Edition 14 (2021) Winner
Western Australian Premier's Book Awards
2 appearances
-
Edition 0 (2019) Winner
-
Edition 0 (2020) Winner
Works
Major Works
A Single Stone
2015 Young Adult FictionA fantasy about girls in a village carrying a giant stone.
CommunitySecretsRebellion
How to Make a Bird
2020 Children's Picture BookA poetic picture book about how to make a bird.
CreativityNatureFriendship
Bibliography
- The Truth about Penguins
- Surface Tension
- Ten Tiny Things
- A Single Stone
- Duck!
- Catch a Falling Star
- How to Make a Bird
- Bella and the Voyaging House
Translations by Author
- Cleanskin (poetry)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- PoeticImaginativeAccessible for children
- Recurring Motifs
- NatureDiscoveryCommunity
Legacy
Prominent Western Australian children's and YA author with multiple awards including two Prime Minister's Literary Awards. Background in Japanese literature studies.
Trivia
- Exchange student in Japan during high school.
- Earned PhD studying Tsushima Yûko's novels.
- Lives in Fremantle.