Sonya Hartnett

Sonya Hartnett (born February 23, 1968 in Box Hill , Melbourne ) is an Australian writer.

She wrote her first novel “Anger all along the line” at the age of 13. She mainly writes books for children and young adults, but also for adults, such as "Of a Boy" or, under the pseudonym Cameron S. Redfern, the very controversial novel "Landscape with Animals" (2006, German: " Secret Desire ", 2007).

The media scientist writes provocatively. Characteristic is her portrayal of unadorned reality, which she combines with elements of the "Gothic Novel" and "magical realism". Her writing is influenced by Ivan Southall , Robert Cormier and has been compared to John Steinbeck and William Faulkner .

In 2008 Sonya Hartnett was awarded the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Prize , endowed with 532,000 euros .

Works and awards

• Trouble All the Way (1984, German " Trouble all along the line ")
• Sparkle and Nightflower (1986)
• The Glass House (1990)
• Wilful Blue (1994, "Stubborn Blue")

Ena Noel Award 1996

• Sleeping Dogs (1995, " Sleeping Dogs ", 1998)

Kathleen Mitchell Award 1996

nominated for the German Youth Literature Prize 1999

• Black Foxes (1996)
• The Devil Latch (1996, "Devilish Voices", 1999)
• Princes (1997, German " Prinzen ", 2005)
• All My Dangerous Friends (1998)
• Stripes Of The Sidestep Wolf (1999)
• Thursday's Child (2000, German " Thursday child ")

Guardian Award 2002

Aurealis Award 2000 Best Book for Young Adults

• Forest (2001)

CBC Book of the Year 2002

• Of a Boy (2002)

Commonwealth Writers Prize 2003

• The Silver Donkey (2004)

Courier Mail Award 2005

CBC Book of the Year 2005

• Surrender (2005)

ALA Best Books for Young Adults 2007

Honor List Michael L. Printz Award 2007

Shortlist The Age Book of the Year 2005

Shortlist Aurealis Award 2005

Shortlisted Commonwealth Writers Prize 2006

• Landscape with Animals (2006, as Cameron S. Redfern, German "Secret Desire", 2007)
• The Ghost's Child (2007)

Web links

• Sonya Hartnett official homepage (English)
• Literature by and about Sonya Hartnett in the catalog of the German National Library
• Short biography and list of works on the website of the British Council (English)
• Sonya Hartnett in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
• Text for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Prize