Anna Fienberg
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Anna Fienberg is an Australia
n writer of young-adult fiction and children's literature
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before moving to Australia at the age of three. She has worked as an editor for School Magazine
. In 1988 her first work was published, entitled Billy Bear and the Wild Winter. In 1989 Fienberg released her first novel, The Nine Lives of Balthazar. She has won the Children's Book of the Year Award: Younger Readers
in 1992 for The Magnificent Nose and Other Marvels and has been a short-list nominee on four other occasions. Fienberg has also won the Alan Marshall Award for Children's Literature in 1993 for Ariel, Zed & the Secret of Life and the 2003 Aurealis Award for best children's short fiction
for Tashi and the Haunted House. She has also been a Aurealis Award finalist on four other occasions.
Other books
Other books
Aurealis Awards
CBCA Book of the Year Award
Australia
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n writer of young-adult fiction and children's literature
Children's literature
Children's literature is for readers and listeners up to about age twelve; it is often defined in four different ways: books written by children, books written for children, books chosen by children, or books chosen for children. It is often illustrated. The term is used in senses which sometimes...
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Biography
Fienberg was born in 1956 in EnglandEngland
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before moving to Australia at the age of three. She has worked as an editor for School Magazine
School Magazine
The School Magazine is a literary magazine for children which has been published continuously by the New South Wales Department of Education and Communities in its many incarnations since 1916...
. In 1988 her first work was published, entitled Billy Bear and the Wild Winter. In 1989 Fienberg released her first novel, The Nine Lives of Balthazar. She has won the Children's Book of the Year Award: Younger Readers
Children's Book of the Year Award: Younger Readers
The Children's Book of the Year Award: Younger Readers has been presented annually since 1982 by the Children's Book Council of Australia...
in 1992 for The Magnificent Nose and Other Marvels and has been a short-list nominee on four other occasions. Fienberg has also won the Alan Marshall Award for Children's Literature in 1993 for Ariel, Zed & the Secret of Life and the 2003 Aurealis Award for best children's short fiction
Aurealis Award for Best Children's Short Fiction
As part of the Aurealis Awards, the Aurealis Award for Best Children's Fiction is given annually to the best children's piece of fiction told primarily through words in the science fiction, fantasy or horror genre by an Australian author...
for Tashi and the Haunted House. She has also been a Aurealis Award finalist on four other occasions.
Novels
- The Nine Lives of Balthazar (1989, with Donna Gynell)
- Ariel, Zed and the Secret of Life (1992, Kim Gamble)
- Power to Burn (1995)
- Borrowed Light (1999)
- The Witch in the Lake (2001)
- Horrendo's Curse (2002)
- Number 8 (2007)
Chapter books
Tashi (with Barbara Fienberg and Kim Gamble)- Tashi (1995)
- Tashi and the Giants (1995)
- Tashi and the Ghosts (1996)
- Tashi and the Genie (1997)
- Tashi and the Baba Yaga (1998)
- Tashi and the Demons (1999)
- Tashi and the Big Stinker (2001)
- Tashi and the Dancing Shoes (2002)
- Tashi and the Haunted House (2002)
- Tashi and the Royal Tomb (2003)
- There Once Was a Boy Called Tashi (2003)
- Tashi Lost in the City (2004)
- Tashi and the Forbidden Room (2005)
- Tashi and the Stolen Bus (2006)
- Tashi and the Mixed-up Monster (2007)
- Tashi and the Phoenix (2008)
- Tashi and the Golem (2009)
Other books
- Billy Bear and the Wild Winter (1988)
- Wiggy and Boa (1988, with Ann JamesAnn JamesAnn James is an Australian author and illustrator of over 60 books for children. Born in Melbourne, Victoria Ann James has been illustrating books since the 1980s and has become a significant contributor towards the development and appreciation of children's literature in Australia...
) - Dead Sailors Don't Bite (1996, with Ann James)
- Pirate Trouble for Wiggy and Boa (1996, with Ann James)
Collections
- X-Change: Stories for a New Century (2000)
- The Big, Big, Big Book of Tashi (2001, with Barbara Fienberg and Kim Gamble)
- Tashi: 2 Books in One (2003, with Barbara Fienberg)
- The Second Big Big Book of Tashi (2006, with Barbara Fienberg and Kim Gamble)
- Minton Goes!: Underwater & Home at Last (2008, with Kim Gamble)
- Minton Goes!: Driving and Trucking (2008, with Kim Gamble)
- Minton Goes!: Sailing and Flying (2008, with Kim Gamble)
Picture books
Minton (with Kim Gamble)- Minton Goes Flying (1998)
- Minton Goes Sailing (1998)
- Minton Goes Driving (1999)
- Minton Goes Trucking (1999)
- Minton Goes Home (2000)
- Minton Goes Under (2000)
Other books
- The Magnificent Nose and Other MarvelsThe Magnificent Nose and Other MarvelsThe Magnificent Nose and Other Marvels is a children's picture book written by Anna Fienberg and illustrated by Kim Gamble. It won the 1992 Children's Book of the Year Award for Younger Readers, and the 1992 Crichton Award for Children's Book Illustration. It tells five interconnected stories about...
(1991, with Kim Gamble) - The Hottest Boy Who Ever Lived (1995, with Kim Gamble)
- Madeline the Mermaid and Other Fishy Tales (1995, with Ann James)
- Joseph (2001, with Kim Gamble)
Other works
- Eddie (1988)
- Con the Whiz Kid (1989, with Felicity Meyer and the Roads and Traffic Authority of NSWRoads and Traffic AuthorityThe Roads and Traffic Authority is a former New South Wales government agency that was responsible for major road infrastructure, licensing of drivers, and registration of motor vehicles. The RTA directly managed State roads and provided funding to local councils for regional and local roads...
) - The Champion (1989, with Felicity Meyer and the Roads and Traffic Authority of NSW)
- My Goldie (1989, with Felicity Meyer and the Roads and Traffic Authority of NSW)
- Stefano's Nonna (1989, with Felicity Meyer and the Roads and Traffic Authority of NSW)
- A Teddy for Louise, Please (1994, with Felicity Meyer and the Roads and Traffic Authority of NSW)
- Snugglepot and Cuddlepie (1997, with Vicky Kitanov)
- Snugglepot and Cuddlepie Meet Little Obelia (1997, with Vicky Kitanov and May GibbsMay GibbsCecilia May Gibbs MBE was an Australian children's author, illustrator, and cartoonist. She is best-known for her gumnut babies , and the book Snugglepot and Cuddlepie....
) - Snugglepot and Cuddlepie at Sea (1997, with Vicky Kitanov)
- Cuddlepie Goas to the Dentist (1997, with Vicky Kitanov and May Gibbs)
- The world of May Gibbs (1997, with May Gibbs and Vicky Kitanov)
- The Doll's Secret (1997, with Australia PostAustralia PostAustralia Post is the trading name of the Australian Government-owned Australian Postal Corporation .-History:...
) - Snugglepot and Cuddlepie and the Banksia Men (1997, with Vicky Kitanov and May Gibbs)
- Snugglepot and Cuddlepie Go Home (1997, with Vicky Kitanov and May Gibbs)
- Hans Christian Andersen's Thumbelina (2002, with Mark Jackson, Heather Potter, HC Andersen)
- Escape (2009)
- The Amazing Tashi Activity Book (2009, with Barbara Fienberg and Kim Gamble)
Nominations and awards
Alan Marshall Award- Children's Literature
- 1993: Win: Ariel, Zed & the Secret of Life
Aurealis Awards
- Best children's short fictionAurealis Award for Best Children's Short FictionAs part of the Aurealis Awards, the Aurealis Award for Best Children's Fiction is given annually to the best children's piece of fiction told primarily through words in the science fiction, fantasy or horror genre by an Australian author...
- 2002: Win: Tashi and the Haunted House
- 2003: Nomination: Tashi and the Royal Tomb
- 2004: Nomination: There Was Once a Boy Called Tashi
- 2007: Nomination: Tashi and the Mixed-up Monster
- Best young-adult novel
- 2001: Nomination: The Witch in the Lake
CBCA Book of the Year Award
- Older ReadersChildren's Book of the Year Award: Older ReadersThe Children's Book of the Year Award: Older Readers has been presented annually since 1946 by the Children's Book Council of Australia . Note: from 1946 to 1986 this award was known as "Book of the Year"....
- 1999: Nomination: Borrowed Light
- Younger ReadersChildren's Book of the Year Award: Younger ReadersThe Children's Book of the Year Award: Younger Readers has been presented annually since 1982 by the Children's Book Council of Australia...
- 1988: Nomination: Wiggy and Boa
- 1992: Win: The Magnificent Nose and Other Marvels
- 1996: Nomination: Tashi
- 2001: Nomination: Joseph