Freya Blackwood Freya Blackwood i(A74295 works by)
Born: Established: 1975 Edinburgh,
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Scotland,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe, ;
Gender: Female
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BiographyHistory

Freya Blackwood, born in the UK while her parents were travelling, grew up in Orange, New South Wales. After completing her secondary school education, Blackwood studied Visual Communications at the University of Technology Sydney. When she finished her degree she worked in a special effects workshop before going to New Zealand and working at Weta Workshop on The Lord of the Rings. Blackwood later returned to Australia and took up book illustration. She acknowledges the assistance of John Winch (q.v.) in kick-starting her career in children's book illustration and names Shaun Tan and Armin Greder (qq.v.) among her favourite Australian illustrators.

Source: the CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Children's Book Awards website, http://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/
Sighted: 28 June 2010

Most Referenced Works

Awards for Works

y separately published work icon The Boy and the Elephant Sydney : HarperCollins Australia , 2021 22124294 2021 single work picture book children's

'The boy lives in a city, where everything is fast and loud. But amidst the bustle and the noise, the boy has a secret ...

'In the overgrown lot next to his apartment building, deep within the green, he has a friend.

'But one day progress arrives, bringing with it plans for something new, and the boy must find a way to save his friend before it's too late ...'

Source: Publisher's blurb.
2022 shortlisted Prime Minister's Literary Awards — Children's Fiction
2022 shortlisted CBCA Book of the Year Awards — Picture Book of the Year
2022 shortlisted APA Book Design Awards — Best Designed Children's Illustrated Book designed by Hannah Janzen.
2022 CBCA Book of the Year Awards — Notable Book — Picture Book
2022 longlisted Indie Awards — Children's
y separately published work icon The Boy and the Elephant Sydney : HarperCollins Australia , 2021 22124294 2021 single work picture book children's

'The boy lives in a city, where everything is fast and loud. But amidst the bustle and the noise, the boy has a secret ...

'In the overgrown lot next to his apartment building, deep within the green, he has a friend.

'But one day progress arrives, bringing with it plans for something new, and the boy must find a way to save his friend before it's too late ...'

Source: Publisher's blurb.
2022 shortlisted Prime Minister's Literary Awards — Children's Fiction
2022 shortlisted CBCA Book of the Year Awards — Picture Book of the Year
2022 shortlisted APA Book Design Awards — Best Designed Children's Illustrated Book designed by Hannah Janzen.
2022 CBCA Book of the Year Awards — Notable Book — Picture Book
2022 longlisted Indie Awards — Children's
y separately published work icon The Unwilling Twin Sydney : HarperCollins Australia , 2020 20732940 2020 single work picture book children's

'Jules and George are the same in every way.

'It is quite impossible to tell them apart.

'Like all twins, Jules and George do everything together. But after a long, hot day at the beach, even twins sometimes disagree ...' (Publication summary)
2021 shortlisted CBCA Book of the Year Awards — Picture Book of the Year
2021 CBCA Book of the Year Awards — Notable Book — Picture Books
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