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Allayne Webster

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Allayne Webster is a Children’s/Young Adult Author. Allayne’s first YA novel, ‘Our Little Secret’, was longlisted for a Golden Inky, and her second publication, ‘Barnesy’, a junior fiction novel illustrated by Tom Jellett, was selected for the Premier’s Reading Challenges across Australia. Allayne’s second YA novel, ‘Stresshead’, was released to strong reviews, and her 2015 middle-grade novel, ‘Paper Planes’ was listed as a CBCA Notable Book and shortlisted for the Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature. Her 2017 middle grade novel, ‘A Cardboard Palace,’ was also listed as a CBCA Notable Book and has been published in Sweden. In 2018 Allayne released a YA novel, ‘The Centre of My Everything’, and junior fiction novel, ‘Sam’s Surfboard Showdown’, both honouring her step-father’s Aboriginal heritage. (The junior fiction novel is co-authored/illustrated by her sister, Amanda S. Clarke.) ‘The Centre of My Everything’ was shortlisted in the 2020 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature. In 2019, Allayne published ‘Sensitive,’ a MG/YA crossover novel based on Allayne’s struggle with childhood illness. ‘Sensitive’ has been sold to Russia.  Allayne is the recipient of three South Australian Arts grants. She continues to write fulltime.


 

 

 

 

Allayne Webster is a Children’s/Young Adult Author. Allayne’s first YA novel, ‘Our Little Secret’, was longlisted for a Golden Inky, and her second publication, ‘Barnesy’, a junior fiction novel illustrated by Tom Jellett, was selected for the Premier’s Reading Challenges across Australia. Allayne’s second YA novel, ‘Stresshead’, was released to strong reviews, and her 2015 middle-grade novel, ‘Paper Planes’ was listed as a CBCA Notable Book and shortlisted for the Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature. Her 2017 middle grade novel, ‘A Cardboard Palace,’ was also listed as a CBCA Notable Book and has been published in Sweden. In 2018 Allayne released a YA novel, ‘The Centre of My Everything’, and junior fiction novel, ‘Sam’s Surfboard Showdown’, both honouring her step-father’s Aboriginal heritage. (The junior fiction novel is co-authored/illustrated by her sister, Amanda S. Clarke.) ‘The Centre of My Everything’ was shortlisted in the 2020 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature. In 2019, Allayne published ‘Sensitive,’ a MG/YA crossover novel based on Allayne’s struggle with childhood illness. ‘Sensitive’ has been sold to Russia.  Allayne is the recipient of three South Australian Arts grants. She continues to write fulltime.


 

 

 

 

Books Published

Sensitive

UQP (Queensland) - 2019

The Centre of My Everything

Penguin Random House (Sydney) - 2018

Sam's Surfboard Showdown

Omnibus Books (Sydney) - 2018

A Cardboard Palace

MidnightSun Publishing (Adelaide) - 2017

Paper Planes

Omnibus Books (Adelaide) - 2014

Stresshead

Omnibus Books (Adelaide) - 2011

Barnesy

Omnibus Books (Adelaide) - 2010

Our Little Secret

Omnibus Books (Adelaide) - 2007

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