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Kierin Meehan Kierin Meehan i(A5491 works by)
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Kierin Meehan received a degree in Japanese and German from the University of Queensland and a graduate diploma in Performing Arts (Dance) from the Queensland University of Technology. She worked as a dance teacher and choreographer for ten years then taught Japanese. Having studied Japanese language and culture she then worked in Japan. She started writing in an old, windswept town on Hokkaido's west coast, Kanazawa, when she was asked to write a monthly column (Kierin's Esashi Diary) for the town magazine. Her first novel Hannah's Winter (2001) was researched in Kanazawa. In 2001 Kierin Meehan lived in Brisbane.

Most Referenced Works

Personal Awards

2008 recipient Asialink Arts Exchanges Program for residency in Japan
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Awards for Works

y separately published work icon In the Monkey Forest Camberwell : Puffin , 2005 Z1222576 2005 single work children's fiction children's fantasy

Miki Maekawa anticipates a quiet holiday in the old Japanese fishing fishing village of Furube when she is entrusted with a piece of embroided fabric and an ancient ribbon to take with her on the journey. Miki befriends a pixie, and a teenage boy Shu. She finds herself caught up in a world of ancient magic, a house with a floor that moves like water, a Dark priestess, kolobockles (mythical creatures), poisoned sweets and rare owls.

Running through the novel is the love story of Umon and Kageya set in Furube in 1878. (Source: Books from our Backyard)
2006 nominated Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards — Best Language Development Book for Upper Primary Children (2005-2013)
2006 winner New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — Patricia Wrightson Prize for Children's Books
y separately published work icon Night Singing Camberwell : Puffin , 2003 Z1019678 2003 single work novel young adult ' A funny and fascinating story of contemporary Australia, and a moving tale of survival in Hiroshima at the end of the Second World War. When Josh breaks his leg, he is rescued by his kind but mysterious neighbour.' (Libraries Australia record).
2004 winner New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — Patricia Wrightson Prize for Children's Books
y separately published work icon Hannah's Winter Ringwood : Penguin , 2001 Z899800 2001 single work novel young adult fantasy 'Hannah is staying in Japan while her mother researches a new book. In an old stationery shop Hannah discovers a clue to a mystery in her own past. Japanese history and culture form part of this wonderfully vivid, original and funny story from an exciting new talent. For ages 11 and over.' (Libraries Australia record).
2002 shortlisted New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — Patricia Wrightson Prize for Children's Books
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