Claire Zorn

Zorn grew up in the Blue Mountains She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts and a post graduate diploma in writing from University of Technology Sydney. As a writer of both fiction and non-fiction, her work has been published in literary journals including Wet Ink and the Overland Literary Journal, and she blogs. She is a Christian and has spoken publicly about how her faith influences her writing. She says she tries to view her characters with the same compassion and judgement as Christ views people. == Published works and awards ==

• The Sky So Heavy (2013). University of Queensland Press. Set in the Blue Mountains, Zorn's first novel tells the story of a group of teenagers struggling to survive a nuclear winter. • Honour Book 2014 Children's Book Council of Australia Award for Older Readers • Shortlisted 2014 Inky Gold Award • Shortlisted 2014 Aurealis Awards – Best Young Adult Novel • Shortlisted 2015 REAL Children's Choice Award – Fiction for Years 7-9 • The Protected (2014). University of Queensland Press. • Winner, Prime Minister's Literary Awards 2015 – Young Adult Fiction • Winner of the 2015 Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Young Adult • Winner, 2015 CBCA Book of the Year for Older Readers • Shortlisted, 2015 Inky Gold Award • Selected in New Zealand Listener's Top 50 Children's Books for 2014 • One Would Think the Deep (2016). University of Queensland Press. A novel about a 17-year-old boy learning to deal with the death of his mother and life in a small coastal town. • Winner, 2017 CBCA Book of the Year for Older Readers • When We Are Invisible (2021). University of Queensland Press. . Sequel to The Sky So Heavy. • Shortlisted, 2022 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature – Young Adult Fiction Award == References ==