Shivaun Plozza is an award-winning Childrenβs and YA writer. Her critically acclaimed debut novel, Frankie, was a CBCA Notable Book, shortlisted for the Inky Awards, Highly Commended at the Victorian Premierβs Literary Awards and won the YA category of the Davitt Awards. Her second novel, Tin Heart, was released in March 2018 β both of Shivaun's books have sold into multiple territories. Her short story βThe Pointβ is part of Where the Shoreline Used to Be, an anthology of YA fiction, and 'The Challenge' is part of the footy-themed collection for children Speccy-tacular AFL Stories. Other short works have appeared in various journals, magazines and anthologies. When sheβs not writing she works as an editor and manuscript assessor.