Lili Wilkinson

Lili Wilkinson was born in Melbourne, Australia and was first published when she was 12, in Voiceworks Magazine. After studying Creative Arts at Melbourne University, Lili was employed by the Centre for Youth Literature at the State Library of Victoria, where she manages insideadog.com.au, a highly acclaimed all-about-books website for teenagers. Lili's novel Scatterheart recently won the IBBY Award, last won by an Australian in 2008 by Markus Zusak for The Book Thief. She's the author of Pink and The (Not Quite Perfect) Boyfriend.