Nova Weetman

Nova Weetman is a widely published writer of fiction, nonfiction and screenplays. Her recent essays on aspects of grief and loss have been published in The Guardian, The Age and Island literary magazine, leading to her appearing on Radio National’s Conversations. Nova has also published short fiction in Island, Mslexia, Kill Your Darlings and Overland, and worked as a screenwriter for television and film. Love, Death & Other Scenes is Nova’s first book for adult readers. She has published sixteen novels for children about friendship, class, identity and belonging. Her books have been published internationally and shortlisted for many awards, including the Readings Children's Book Prize, the Speech Pathology Book of the Year Awards and the Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs). In 2022, The Edge of Thirteen was a CBCA Notable Book for Younger Readers and won the ABIA's Small Publishers' Children's Book of the Year.