Frances Watts

Frances Watts in 2011

Frances Watts is the pen-name of Ali Lavau, a Swiss born Australian author, who moved to Sydney, Australia when she was three years old. ^[1] She has studied English literature at Macquarie University, going on to teach Australian Literature and children's literature. After graduating with a PhD, she obtained her first job in publishing.

Awards and honours

• 2006 CBCA Book of the Year Awards in the Early Childhood category, Honour book:Kisses For Daddy ^[2]
• 2008 CBCA Book of the Year Awards, Winner: Parsley Rabbit's Book about Books ^[3]
• 2012 CBCA Book of the Year Awards, Notable Book: Goodnight, Mice!
• 2012 Prime Minister's Literary Awards Children's Fiction Winner: Goodnight, Mice!
• 2020 CBCA Book of the Year Awards in the Early Childhood category, Winner: My Friend Fred ^[4]
• 2020 Aurealis Award for best children's fiction, Shortlisted: The Chicken's Curse ^[5]

Books

Fiction

• Extraordinary Ernie & Marvellous Maud (illus. Judy Watson) (2008) ^[6]
• The Greatest Sheep in History (illus. Judy Watson) (2009) ^[7]
• The Raven's Wing (2014) ^[8]
• The Peony Lantern (2015) ^[9]
• The Chicken's Curse (2020) ^[10]

Picture books

• This Dog Bruce (2004) ^[11]
• Kisses for Daddy (illus. David Legge) (2005) ^[12]
• Parsley Rabbit's Book about Books (2007) ^[13]
• Captain Crabclaw's Crew (2009) ^[14]
• A Rat in a Stripy Sock (illus. David Francis) (2010)
• Goodnight, Mice! (illus. Judy Watson) (2011) ^[15]
• The Fearsome, Frightening, Ferocious Box (illus. David Legge) (2013) ^[16]
• A Very Quacky Christmas (illus. Ann James) (2017) ^[17]
• It's a Story, Rory! (illus. David Legge) (2018) ^[18]
• Leonard Doesn't Dance (illus. Judy Watson) (2019) ^[19]
• My Friend Fred (illus. Anne Yi) (2019) ^[20]

References

1. About Frances Retrieved 18 July 2010
2. CBCA Awards List 2006 Archived 5 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2010
3. Frances Watts Retrieved 18 July 2010
4. "CBCA Book of the Year 2020 winners announced". Books+Publishing. 16 October 2020. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
5. "Aurealis Awards 2020 finalists announced". Books+Publishing. 6 April 2021. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
6. Extraordinary Ernie & Marvellous Maud. OCLC. OCLC   229456566.
7. The greatest sheep in history. OCLC. OCLC   298217740.
8. Watts, Frances (23 September 2023). The Raven's Wing. Sydney, N.S.W.: HarperCollins. ISBN   978-0-7333-3291-3. OCLC   875886776.
9. Watts, Frances (20 July 2015). The Peony Lantern. Sydney South, N.S.W.: HarperCollins. ISBN   978-0-7333-3292-0. OCLC   906933398.
10. Watts, Frances (2020). The Chicken's Curse. Kelly Canby. Sydney, N.S.W.: Allen & Unwin. ISBN   978-1-76052-556-9. OCLC   1129215422.
11. This dog Bruce. OCLC. OCLC   56645557.
12. Kisses for daddy. OCLC. OCLC   65470168.
13. Parsley Rabbit's book about books. OCLC. OCLC   174095646.
14. Captain Crabclaw's crew. OCLC. OCLC   277180087.
15. Goodnight, mice!. OCLC. OCLC   988924339.
16. The fearsome, frightening, ferocious box. OCLC. OCLC   870663137.
17. Watts, Frances (23 October 2017). A Very Quacky Christmas. James, Ann, 1952-. Sydney, N.S.W.: HarperCollins. ISBN   978-0-7333-2962-3. OCLC   987581342.
18. Watts, Frances (23 September 2023). It's a Story, Rory!. Legge, David, 1963-. Sydney, N.S.W.: ABC Books. ISBN   978-0-7333-3593-8. OCLC   1030893051.
19. Watts, Frances (23 September 2023). Leonard Doesn't Dance. Watson, Judy, 1959-. Sydney, N.S.W.: ABC Books. ISBN   978-0-7333-3304-0. OCLC   1062418044.
20. Watts, Frances (23 September 2023). My Friend Fred. Yi, A. (Anne). Sydney, NSW, Australia: Allen & Unwin. ISBN   978-1-76029-094-8. OCLC   1090038498.

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