Barry Jonsberg’s young adult novels, The Whole Business with Kiffo and the Pitbull and It’s Not All About YOU, Calma! were shortlisted for the CBCA Book of the Year, Older Readers, awards. It’s Not All About YOU, Calma! also won the Adelaide Festival Award for Children’s Literature, Dreamrider was shortlisted in the NSW Premier’s Awards for the Ethel Turner Prize and Cassie (Girlfriend Fiction) was shortlisted for the Children’s Peace Literature Award. Being Here won the 2011 QLD Premier’s Young Adult Book Award and was shortlisted for the 2012 Prime Minister’s Award. My Life as an Alphabet won the 2013 Gold Inky, the 2013 Children’s Peace Literature Award, Older Readers and the 2014 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards.
Barry lives in Darwin with his wife, children and two dogs. His books have been published in the USA, the UK, France, Poland, Germany, Hungary, Brazil, Turkey and China.