Michelle Kadarusman
BIO
Biography

Michelle Kadarusman is an internationally acclaimed, award-winning children's author. She grew up in Melbourne, Australia, and has also lived in Indonesia and Canada. Her novels have earned many awards, nominations and honors, including the Canadian Governor General's Literary Awards, Freeman Book Awards, Green Earth Books Awards, USBBY Outstanding International Books and Kirkus Best Middle Grade Books of the Year. She lives in Toronto, Canada, and Byron Bay, Australia.

ADDRESS
City: Toronto, Province/Territory: Ontario
EMAIL
GENRE
Middle-grade fiction, Picture books
LANGUAGES
English
PUBLICATIONS
Publications
Title
The Theory of Hummingbirds
Publisher
Pajama Press
Year
2017
Title
Girl of the Southern Sea
Publisher
Pajama Press
Year
2019
Title
Music for Tigers
Publisher
Pajama Press
Year
2020
Title
Room for More
Publisher
Pajama Press
Year
2022
Title
Berani
Publisher
Pajama Press
Year
2022
Title
We the Sea Turtles
Publisher
Pajama Press
Year
2023
AWARDS
Awards
Name
Green Earth Book Award Honor title
Publication
Music for Tigers
Year
2021
Name
OLA Silver Birch Honour title
Publication
Music for Tigers
Year
2020
Name
NCTA Freeman Book Award honor title
Publication
Girl of the Southern Sea
Year
2019
Name
Malka Penn Award for Human Rights in Children's Literature Honor title
Publication
Girl of the Southern Sea
Year
2019
Name
USBBY Outstanding International Book
Publication
Girl of the Southern Sea
Year
2020
Name
USBBY Outstanding International Book
Publication
Music for Tigers
Year
2021
Name
Governor General's Literary Award in Children's Fiction text finalist
Publication
Girl of the Southern Sea
Year
2019
Name
Freeman Book Award winner
Publication
Berani
Year
2023
Name
Governor General's Literary Award in Children's Fiction text finalist
Publication
Berani
Year
2023
Name
TD Children's Literature Award finalist
Publication
Berani
Year
2023
LINKS
Links
Author Facebook Page
Twitter
Instagram
PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS AND WORKSHOPS
Programs & Interests
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