Winning Author and Illustrator Profiles

Felice Arena

Winners

2006
Older Readers

2007
Older Readers

2009
Older Readers

Jeannie Baker

Winners

1988
Picture Storybooks
1992
Picture Storybooks

Duncan Ball

Winners

2006
Younger Readers

Tristan Bancks

Winners

2015
Years 7-9 Readers
2018
Years 7-9 Readers
2020
Years 7-9 Readers

Graeme Base

Winners

1987
Picture Storybooks
1989
Picture Storybooks
1993
Picture Storybooks
2004
Older Readers
2008
Picture Storybooks

Aaron Blabey

Winners

2014
Picture Storybooks
2015
Picture Storybooks
2016
Picture Storybooks
2016
Younger Readers
2018
Younger Readers

2019
Younger Readers

Nick Bland

Winners

2011
Picture Storybooks

Jessica Carroll

Winners

1997
Picture Storybooks

Carol Chataway

Winners

2013
Picture Storybooks

Rod Clement

Winners

1991
Picture Storybooks

Li Cunxin

Winners

2008
Fiction Years 7-9

Sarah Davis

Winners

2010
Picture Storybooks
2012
Picture Storybooks

Terry Denton

Winners

1994
Picture Storybooks
1995
Picture Storybooks
1998
Picture Storybooks
1999
Picture Storybooks
1999
Younger Readers
2000
Younger Readers
2001
Younger Readers
2003
Older Readers
2005
Older Readers
2007
Younger Readers
2008
Younger Readers
2010
Younger Readers
2011
Younger Readers
2012
Older Readers
2013
Older Readers
2014
Older Readers
2015
Older Readers
2016
Older Readers
2017
Older Readers
2018
Older Readers

2019
Older Readers

2020
Older Readers
2021
Older Readers

Anh Do

Winners

2017
Younger Readers

2020
Younger Readers
2021
Younger Readers

Matt Dray

Winners

2006
Picture Storybooks

Jules Faber

Winners

2017
Younger Readers

2020
Younger Readers

Fleur Ferris

Winners

2017
Fiction Years 7-9

Aki Fukuoka

Winners

2014
Younger Readers

Morris Gleitzman

Winners

1993
Younger Readers
1998
Older Readers
1999
Older Readers
2000
Older Readers
2007
Fiction for Years 7-9
2009
Fiction for Years 7-9
2010
Fiction for Years 7-9
2011
Fiction for Years 7-9
2013
Fiction for Years 7-9
2016
Fiction for Years 7-9

2019
Fiction for Years 7-9

Bob Graham

Winners

2001
Picture Storybooks

Ted Greenwood

Winners

1994
Picture Storybooks
1995
Picture Storybooks

Andy Griffiths

Winners

1999
Younger Readers
2000
Younger Readers
2001
Younger Readers
2002
Older Readers
2003
Older Readers
2005
Older Readers
2007
Younger Readers
2008
Younger Readers
2010
Younger Readers
2011
Younger Readers
2012
Older Readers
2013
Older Readers
2014
Older Readers
2015
Older Readers
2016
Older Readers
2017
Older Readers
2018
Older Readers

2019
Older Readers

2020
Older Readers
2021
Older Readers

Jacqueline Harvey

Winners

2012
Younger Readers

Leigh Hobbs

Winners

2003
Picture Storybooks
2004
Picture Storybooks

Elizabeth Honey

Winners

1997
Older Readers

George Ivanoff

Winners

2015
Younger Readers

Paul Jennings

Winners

1987
Older Readers
1988
Older Readers
1989
Younger Readers
1989
Older Readers
1990
Younger Readers
1991
Older Readers
1992
Younger Readers
1992
Older Readers
1993
Older Readers
1994
Picture Storybooks
1994
Younger Readers
1995
Picture Storybooks
1995
Younger Readers
1996
Younger Readers
1998
Older Readers
2002
Younger Readers

Danny Katz

Winners

2005
Younger Readers

Stephen Michael King

Winners

2002
Picture Storybooks
2005
Picture Storybooks

Robin Klein

Winners

1986
Older Readers

H.I. Larry

Winners

2009
Younger Readers

Andy Lee

Winners

2017
Picture Storybooks

2018
Picture Storybooks

2019
Picture Storybooks

2020
Picture Storybooks

2021
Picture Story Books

David Legge

Winners

1996
Picture Storybooks

Alison Lester

Winners

2009
Picture Storybooks

Gabrielle Lord

Winners

2011
Older Readers

Morris Lurie

Winners

1986
Younger Readers

Garry Lyon

Winners

2006
Older Readers

2007
Older Readers

2009
Older Readers

John Marsden

Winners

1995
Older Readers

Keith McEwan

Winners

1990
Younger Readers

Heath McKenzie

Winners

2017
Picture Storybooks

2018
Picture Storybooks

2019
Picture Storybooks

2020
Picture Storybooks

2021
Picture Story Books

Doug McLeod

Winners

1987
Younger Readers

Christopher Milne

Winners

1998
Younger Readers

Chris Morphew

Winners

2012
Fiction for Years 7-9

Deborah Niland

Winners

1986
Picture Storybooks

2007
Picture Storybooks

Ruth Park

Winners

1986
Picture Storybooks

Carol Pelham-Thorman

Winners

1997
Younger Readers

James Phelan

Winners

2014
Fiction for Years 7-9

Donna Rawlins

Winners

1988
Younger Readers

Sally Rippin

Winners

2014
Younger Readers

Emily Rodda

Winners

1991
Younger Readers
1994
Older Readers
2001
Older Readers
2003
Younger Readers
2004
Younger Readers
2008
Older Readers
2010
Older Readers
2013
Younger Readers

Gillian Rubinstein

Winners

2013
Picture Storybooks

Michael Salmon

Winners

1990
Picture Storybooks

Craig Smith

Winners

1987
Younger Readers

1997
Picture Storybooks

1989
Young Readers

Allan Stoman

Winners

2006
Younger Readers

Colin Thompson

Winners

2010
Picture Storybooks
2012
Picture Storybooks

Mitch Vane

Winners

2005
Younger Readers

Nadia Wheatley

Winners

1988
Younger Readers

Margaret Wild

Winners

2002
Picture Storybooks
2007
Picture Storybooks

Tim Winton

Winners

1996
Older Readers
1997
Younger Readers