Winner of the 2016 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award Meg Rosoff reflects on writing humour, canine characters and shifting gears between YA to adult fiction for her latest novel, Jonathan Unleashed.
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Meg Rosoff’s debut novel, How I Live Now, garnered the sort of rave acclaim most writers only ever dream of. She has gone on to write several award-winning books for teenagers including Just in Case, What I Was and The Bride’s Farewell.
Anneli Knight is a writer, journalist, business writing educator and consultant, and board member of Byron Writers Festival. She has a PhD in creative writing and has taught writing and developed writing programs for universities, writers’ festivals and corporate and entrepreneurial clients. Anneli has a background in law and finance and was a staff reporter at Sydney Morning Herald before freelancing for a decade as she lived between Melbourne, the Kimberley and Byron Bay.
