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Jane Godwin (born 1964 in Melbourne, Australia[1]) is an Australian author, and is a publisher at Penguin Books Australia for children and young adult books.
Godwin has sole-authored fifteen books which have been published internationally, and she has earned many commendations. Her novel The Family Tree won the 2000 Queensland Premier's Literary Award. Sebby, Stee, The Garbos and Me was shortlisted for the 1999 New South Wales State Literary Award (Patricia Wrightson Prize) and was also a Young Australian Best Book Award finalist. The True Story of Mary was shortlisted for the 2006 CBC Book of the Year Awards in the Younger Readers category. Sing Me The Summer was shortlisted for the Children's prize at the 2021 Indie Book Awards,[2] while When Rain Turns to Snow was shortlisted for the 2021 CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award: Older Readers.[3]
As well as being an author, Godwin loves being creative with students of all ages. She lives in Melbourne with her husband and has two children. Her son is Wil Wagner of The Smith Street Band and her daughter Lizzie Wagner is an accomplished interior and event designer.[4][5]
^"Jane Godwin". Penguin Books. Archived from the original on 7 February 2008.
^"Indie Book Awards 2021 shortlists announced". Books+Publishing. 20 January 2021. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
^"CBCA 2021 Book of the Year shortlists announced". Books+Publishing. 30 March 2021. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
^"Show & Tell Promotions with Jane Godwin". showtell.com.au. Archived from the original on 13 September 2009.
^"Michael Wagner & Jane Godwin: talented literary partners". The Boomerang Books Blog blog.boomerangbooks.com.au. 8 April 2018.
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