Bren MacDibble

Born and raised in NZ, and after many years of travelling and some years living in Melbourne, Bren now lives in Kalbarri on Australia's sunny west coast where she runs a holiday business and writes children's novels. Her children's novels have won multiple awards and have been published in several countries. Bren writes wild adventure novels set in futures affected by environmental concerns. Bren also writes for young adults as Cally Black.

Her books...

HOW TO BEE published by Allen & Unwin in Australia and NZ in 2017

Old Barn Books in the UK

Groundwood/Anansi in North America

Helium Editions, France

Miš Publishing, Slovenia

Namubooks, Korea

Winner: Children's Book Council of Australia Award, 2018

Winner: New Zealand Book Award, 2018

Winner: Patricia Wrightson Prize, NSW Premiers Awards, 2018

Shortlisted: Queensland Literary Prize

Shortlisted: South Australian Festival Literary Prize

Shortlisted: Norma K Heming Award

Shortlisted: Aurealis Award

THE DOG RUNNER published by Allen & Unwin in Aus/NZ in 2019

Old Barn Books in the UK

Prunsoop Publishing in Korea

Booky in China

Winner: New Zealand Book Awards CYA - Junior Fiction (the Wright Family Foundation Esther Glen Award) 2019

Winner: Aurealis Award for Best Children's Fiction 2019

Shortlisted: Children's Book Council of Australia, Book of the Year, Younger Readers

Nominated for the 2020 CILIP Carnegie Medal UK

ACROSS THE RISEN SEA published by Allen & Unwin in Aus/NZ in 2020

Old Barn Books in the UK

Nominated for the 2021 CILIP Carnegie Medal UK

Shortlisted: Wright Family Esther Glen Award for Junior Fiction in the NZ Book Awards for Children and YA 2021

Shortlisted: Western Australian Premier's Book Awards for Writing for Children for 2020

Shortlisted: Patricia Wrightson Prize for Chidren's Literature in the NSW Premier's Literary Awards 2021

Shortlisted: Best Children's Fiction in the Aurealis Awards 2020

THE RAVEN'S SONG written with Zana Fraillon and published by Allen & Unwin in Aus/NZ in 2022

Old Barn Books in the UK

Shortlisted: Children's Book Council of Australia

Shortlisted: WA Premiers Prize

www.macdibble.com

www.callyblack.com