1. EMILY RODDA
BORN: 2 APRIL 1948
Her books have been published in Australia, New
Zealand, the USA, Canada, Japan, Italy, Brazil, China,
the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Finland,
Germany, Hungary, Indonesia,The Netherlands,
Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia,
South Korea, Spain, Sweden,Taiwan,Thailand,Turkey
and the UK.
Life before becoming an author: Emily Rodda grew
up with her two younger brothers on Sydney's
North Shore.
Places of work and study:Emily Rodda attended the
Abbotsleigh School for Girls on the upper North
Shore of Sydney. Graduated from the University of
Sydney in 1973
2. AWARDS:
1985 - Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA): Junior Book of theYear - Something Special
1987 - CBCA: Junior Book of theYear - Pigs Might Fly
1989 - CBCA: Book of theYear forYounger Readers -The Best-kept Secret
1991 - CBCA: Book of theYear forYounger Readers - Finders Keepers
1994 - CBCA: Book of theYear forYounger Readers - Rowan of Rin
1995 -The Dromkeen Medal
1997 - CBCA: Honour Book forYounger Readers - Rowan and the Keeper of the Crystal
1999 - Dymock's Children's Choice Awards: Favourite AustralianYounger Reader Book - Rowan of Rin
Series
2000 - COOL Awards Fiction forYounger Readers Award for BobThe Builder AndThe Elves
2003 -YABBA award (VIC children's choice) - Deltora Quest 2
2002 - KOALA award (NSW children's choice) - Deltora Quest Series
2002 - Aurealis Awards: Peter McNamara Convenors' Award - Deltora Quest Series
2002 - WAYoung Reader's Book Awards: Most Popular Book - Deltora Quest -The Forests of Silence
2003 - COOL Awards Fiction forYounger Readers Award for the Deltora Quest 2 series
2004 - COOL Awards Fiction forYounger Readers Award for the Deltora Quest 3 series
2008 - Aurealis Awards Best Children's Novel forThe Wizard of Rondo
List of novels:
Something Special (1984)
Pigs might Fly (1986) (also published asThe Pigs are flying)
The Best-kept Secret (1988)
Finders Keepers (1990) and sequelTheTimekeeper (1992)
Teen Power Inc. series (1994-1999) (re-published asThe Raven Hill Mysteries 2006)
3. MORE AWARDS
Fairy Realm series (1994-2006) (also published as the Fairy
Charm series)
Rowan of Rin series (1994-2003)
The JuliaTapes (1999)
Deltora Quest series (2000-2005)
DogTales (2001)
Squeak Street series (2005)
Rondo series (2007-2009)
TheThree Doors series (the first bookThe Golden Door
published 2011)
4. A paragraph describing the style and typical content of my
authors books:
They are fantasy and questing books that have heroic, skillful
characters that are always a boy and girl with an adult by their side.
A paragraph describing why I enjoy this author’s books:
Her books make me really feel like I'm there.There is no main
character because there is usually more than one character to pick
from so it is up to you to pick one of them to be the main
character, Emily Rodda makes her books really easy to read. I really
liked the feeling you get when you say "Hah, I knew it!" when the
book reveals the truth about something in the story.
