Lisa Shanahan

Lisa Shanahan is an award-winning writer of picture books and fiction for young people. Her first novel for teenagers, My Big Birkett , was published to critical acclaim both in Australia, where it was shortlisted for the CBCA Book of the Year for Older Readers, and in the United States. Her picture book Bear and Chook by the Sea , illustrated by Emma Quay, was the CBCA Book of the Year for Early Childhood in 2010. Big Pet Day , illustrated by Gus Gordon, was the Speech Pathology Book of the...See more

Lisa Shanahan is an award-winning writer of picture books and fiction for young people. Her first novel for teenagers, My Big Birkett , was published to critical acclaim both in Australia, where it was shortlisted for the CBCA Book of the Year for Older Readers, and in the United States. Her picture book Bear and Chook by the Sea , illustrated by Emma Quay, was the CBCA Book of the Year for Early Childhood in 2010. Big Pet Day , illustrated by Gus Gordon, was the Speech Pathology Book of the Year for Ages 5-8 in 2015 and Hark, It's Me, Ruby Lee! was shortlisted for the Prime Minister's Literary Awards in 2018. She lives in Sydney. See less