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,
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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 Garden of Broken Things Sydney : HarperCollins Australia , 2024 27652544 2024 single work picture book children's

'From award-winning creator Freya Blackwood comes a beautifully tender story about curiosity and the joy of listening.

'One day, curious Sadie follows a cat into the tangled vines behind the lonely house at Number 9, Ardent Street.

'Deep in the undergrowth, past all the twisted, rusted things, Sadie finds the cat sitting on the lap of a woman, bent with time and weariness.

'Sadie has found the Garden of Broken Things.' (Publication summary)

2025 longlisted Indie Awards Children's
y separately published work icon The Garden of Broken Things Sydney : HarperCollins Australia , 2024 27652544 2024 single work picture book children's

'From award-winning creator Freya Blackwood comes a beautifully tender story about curiosity and the joy of listening.

'One day, curious Sadie follows a cat into the tangled vines behind the lonely house at Number 9, Ardent Street.

'Deep in the undergrowth, past all the twisted, rusted things, Sadie finds the cat sitting on the lap of a woman, bent with time and weariness.

'Sadie has found the Garden of Broken Things.' (Publication summary)

2025 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
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