Leanne Hall is an Australian author of young adult and children's fiction.
Hall's debut novel This is Shyness won the Text Prize for Young Adult and Children's Writing (2009). Her novel Iris and the Tiger won the Patricia Wrightson Prize for Children's Literature (2017). Her most recent novel, The Gaps, won the Davitt Award for Best Young Adult Novel, Adelaide Festival Award for Literature: Young Adult Fiction, Ethel Turner Prize for Young People's Literature, and Prime Minister's Literary Award for Young Adult.
Biography In 2013, Hall was an Asialink Artist in Residence at Peking University. In 2014, she participated in Australian Writers Week in China.
Hall graduated from the University of Sydney with a Ph.D. titled "Transitioning through injury: A phenomenological Approach for Ultra-Runners".
Awards and honors Iris and the Tiger was selected for The White Ravens Catalogue (2017).
In 2022, Kirkus Reviews named The Gaps one of the best young adult novels of the year. +Awards for Hall's writingYearTitleAwardResultRef.2009This Is ShynessText Prize for Young Adult and Children's WritingWinner2010Western Australian Premier's Book Award for Young AdultShortlist2011Inky Award for Gold InkyShortlist2012Queen of the NightInky Award for Gold InkyShortlist2016Iris and the TigerINDIES Award for Juvenile Fiction (Children's)Finalist2017Australian Book Design Awards for Children's FictionShortlistPatricia Wrightson Prize for Children's LiteratureWinner2018Young Australians Best Book Awards: Fiction for Older ReadersShortlist2022The GapsDavitt Award for Best Young Adult NovelWinnerAdelaide Festival Award for Literature: Young Adult FictionWinnerNSW Premier's Literary Award: Ethel Turner Prize for Young People's LiteratureWinnerVictorian Premier's Prize for Writing for Young AdultsShortlistAustralian Book Industry Award: Book of the Year for Older ChildrenShortlistPrime Minister's Literary Award for Young AdultWinnerChildren's Book Council of Australia: Children's Book of the Year Award: Older ReadersShortlist
Publications Hall's short stories have been published in Meanjin, The Age, Best Australian Stories, Sleepers Almanac, Kill Your Darlings, and Growing Up Asian In Australia.
Standalone books
Iris and the Tiger (2016) The Gaps (2022)
Shyness series
This Is Shyness (2010) Queen of the Night (2012)
References
External links
Official website