| Penni Russon | |
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| Born | 1974 (age 37–38) Tasmania, Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Genres | Children's literature, young-adult fiction |
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www.pennirusson.com |
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Penni Russon is an Australian writer of children's literature and young-adult fiction.
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Russon was born in 1974 in Tasmania, Australia.[1] Russon has studied children's literature at Monash University and professional writing and editing at RMIT University. She is a freelance editor and originally wrote poems.[2] In 2004 her first novel was published by Random House, entitled Undine.[3] Undine was a finalist in the 2004 Aurealis Award for best young-adult novel but lost to Scott Westerfeld's The Secret Hour.[4] In 2005 she released the sequel to Undine, entitled Breathe which was published by Random House and in 2007 she concluded the Undine trilogy with Drift.[5][6] Breathe received a note of high commendation at the 2005 Aurealis Awards.[7] Russon has written two novels in the Girlfriend Fiction series and in 2007 she released Josie and the Michael Street Kids which was a finalist for the 2009 Children's Peace Literature Award.[8][9][10] She currently live in Melbourne with her husband and two children.[2]
Undine trilogy
Other novels
Aurealis Awards
Children's Peace Literature Award