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Sonya Hartnett was born in
Melbourne in 1968, the second of six children.
Her first book, Trouble All the Way, was written
when she was just thirteen
and published two years later. Since then she has gone on
to write numerous
successful novels, including Thursday's
Child, winner of the 2002 Guardian
Children's Fiction Prize, and Wilful Blue, which
won an IBBY (International
Board on Books for Young People) Award and has been adapted
for theatre.
a
highly original and deeply moving novel, immensely
skilful in its portrayal of a child's view of
tough adult realities. Hartnett exemplifies
the quality and complexity of contemporary children's
books
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Claire
Armitstead
Guardian literary editor on Thursday's
Child
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Sonya says that her writing
has been influenced by authors such as Ivan Southall, Robert
Cormier and the great Russian writers. She has also written
two adult novels.
Sonya lives in Australia.
Profile
supplied by Walker Books - Last updated October 2002.
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