ANNA
FIENBERG
Anna Fienberg was born in England
in 1956 but came to Australia at the age of three. Her first
book, Billy Bear and the Wild Winter, published in 1988,
originated from a series she wrote while working as editor
at School Magazine.
  
Anna has written
a number of well-loved and award-winning picture books, short
stories and junior novels including The Magnificent Nose & Other
Marvels (winner of the CBC Book of the Year for Younger Readers
in 1992), Ariel Zed and the Secret of Life (winner of
the 1993 Alan Marshall Award for Children's Literature), and
more recently the Tashi series (the latest title is the tenth
Tashi book Tashi and the Royal Tomb) and the
four books in the Minton series, both bestselling collaborations
with artist Kim Gamble. She has also
recently published a re-telling of Thumbelina, with illustrations
by Mark Jackson and Heather Potter.
 
Anna has written
a number of well-loved and award-winning picture books, short
stories and junior novels including The Magnificent Nose & Other
Marvels (winner of the CBC Book of the Year for Younger
Readers in 1992) and Ariel Zed and the Secret of Life (winner
of the 1993 Alan Marshall Award for Children's Literature). Anna's
collaboration with Kim Gamble has resulted in a plethora of wonderful
books, including Tashi series (the latest title is the
eleventh, Tashi Lost in the City) and the four
books in the Minton series. Their picture book Joseph was
shortlisted for the CBCA Picture Book of the Year Awards and
they have recently released a picture book format Tashi, There
Once Was A Boy Called Tashi.
 
Anna also
writes for high school students. She published Power
to Burn in 1995 and, in 1999, Borrowed Light,
described as 'a complex, frank portrait of female teenage sexuality'
and acclaimed by Morris Gleitzman as 'A wonderful book ... It
reminds me of why writers write and readers read.' Borrowed
Light was an Honour Book in the 2000 CBCA Book of the
Year Awards for Older Readers and was also shortlisted for the
2000 NSW Premier's Literary Award. Nearly all of Anna's books
have been listed as Notable Books by the CBC. Anna's most recent
book for older readers is The Witch in the Lake.
More information
at Allen & Unwin's
website.
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