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Ken Spillman
Ken Spillman grew up in Perth and has been a full-time professional writer for most of his adult life. He is the author of 20 books including Blue and Love is a UFO, both acclaimed novels for teenagers. He co-authored Magpie Mischief and Magwheel Mayhem, and is also the author of the forthcoming title Jake’s Gigantic List (for early readers). During 2008, Ken was a keynote speaker at the Asian Children’s Writers and Illustrators Conference and a guest of the Tasmanian Writers Centre, the Mussoorie International Writers’ Festival, and the Delhi Children’s Literature Festival. He was a keynote speaker at a conference on multiliteracies in Singapore earlier this year. Ken has compiled five collections of writing, and the major US reference work Contemporary Authors has compiled a detailed entry on his career.
Awards
Winner, WA Premier’s Award
Winner, FAW National Literary Award
The Australian Critics’ Top 5
Shortlisted, Wilderness Society Environment Award
Shortlisted, WA Premier’s Award
Books available from Fremantle Press
- Jake's Cooking Craze 2013
- Jake's Concert Horror 2012
- Jake's Great Game 2011
- Jake's Balloon Blast 2011
- Jake's Monster Mess 2010
- Jake's Gigantic List 2009
Other Books by this Author
- Magpie Mischief
- Magwheel Madness
- Love is a UFO
Website
From the Catalogue
Wilderness Society Award
Congratulations to Sally Morgan whose book The Last Dance won the Wilderness Society’s 2013 Environment Award for Children’s Literature. Meg McKinlay and Kyle Hughes-Odgers were also shortlisted in the same category for Ten Tiny Things