Meg McKinlay

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Meg McKinlay
Occupation
  • Children's writer
  • young adult novelist
  • poet
Alma mater University of Western Australia
Genre
  • Young adult fiction
  • children's picture books
Notable awards Prime Minister's Literary Awards YA Fiction (2016) & Children's Fiction (2021)

Meg McKinlay is a Western Australian writer. She has written a number of books for children and young adults, including How to Make a Bird and A Single Stone. She has won two Prime Minister's Literary Awards and three Crystal Kite Awards.

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Biography

Born Megan McKinlay, she spent her childhood in Bendigo, Victoria. During high school she was an exchange student in Japan. [1] She graduated with a PhD from the University of Western Australia (UWA) in 2001 for her thesis "Gender and cross-cultural analysis: The novels of Tsushima Yûko 1976–1985". [2] She subsequently lectured at UWA in Australian literature, Japanese and creative writing and, as of 2016 was an honorary research associate of that university. [3]

In 2010 she won a residency in Japan and in 2020 she won a May Gibbs Children's Literature Trust Fellowship. [1] As well as writing for children and young adults, she has published one book of poetry, Cleanskin. [4]

As of 2021 McKinlay lives in Fremantle, Western Australia. [5]

Awards

Selected works

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  2. ↑ McKinlay, Megan (2001), Gender and cross-cultural analysis: The novels of Tsushima Yûko 1976–1985 , retrieved 18 December 2021
  3. ↑ "UWA's 'book bag'" (PDF). University of Western Australia. Spring 2015. p. 42. Retrieved 18 December 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ↑ "Meg McKinlay". Varuna. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
  5. ↑ Harrison, Penny (23 February 2021). "10 Quirky Questions with author Meg McKinlay". kid's book review. Retrieved 18 December 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ↑ "2012 Davitt Awards winners announced". Books+Publishing. 4 September 2012. Retrieved 18 December 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ↑ "'Ten Tiny Things' wins SCBWI Crystal Kite Award". Books+Publishing. 2 May 2013. Retrieved 18 December 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ↑ The Winners of the 2015 Aurealis Awards, Aurealis Awards, 25 March 2016, retrieved 18 December 2021
  9. ↑ "Queensland Literary Awards 2015 winners announced". Books+Publishing. 12 October 2015. Retrieved 18 December 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. ↑ "Prime Minister's Literary awards 2016: Lisa Gorton and Charlotte Wood share fiction prize". The Guardian. 8 November 2016. Retrieved 18 December 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. ↑ "Prime Minister's Literary Awards 2016 winners announced". Books+Publishing. 9 November 2016. Retrieved 18 December 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  12. ↑ "Scott joins WA Writers Hall of Fame, WA Prem's Book Award winners announced". Books+Publishing. 10 August 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  13. 1 2 "'How to Make a Bird' wins SCBWI Crystal Kite Award". Books+Publishing. 14 May 2021. Retrieved 18 December 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  14. ↑ "WA Premier's Book Awards announced". Books+Publishing. 26 August 2021. Retrieved 18 December 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  15. ↑ "PMLA 2021 winners announced". Books+Publishing. 15 December 2021. Retrieved 18 December 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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