Trace Balla
Australian children's author
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Trace Balla is an Australian children's author and illustrator.
Rockhopping (2016)
The Heart of the Bubble (2020)
Leaf-light (2023)
Trace Balla | |
|---|---|
| Born | Australia |
| Occupation | Children's author, illustrator |
| Years active | 2014–present |
| Notable works | Rivertime (2014) Rockhopping (2016) The Heart of the Bubble (2020) Leaf-light (2023) |
| Notable awards | Readings Children's Book Prize (2015) Wilderness Society Picture Book Award (2015) CBCA Book of the Year: Young Readers (2017) |
Rivertime won the 2015 Readings Children's Book Prize[1] and the Wilderness Society Picture Book Award in the same year.[2][3] It was shortlisted for both the 2015 Patricia Wrightson Prize for Children’s Literature, NSW Premier's Literary Awards[4] and the 2016 WA Premier’s Book Awards.[5]
Rockhopping was awarded Book of the Year: Young Readers by the Children's Book Council of Australia in 2017.[6][7] It was shortlisted for the Children's Award in the 2018 Adelaide Awards Festival for Literature.[8]
The Thank You Dish was named a Notable book in the early childhood section by the Children’s Book Council of Australia in 2018.[9]
Landing with Wings was shortlisted for the 2020 Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Award for books for eight to ten year olds.[10]
The Heart of the Bubble was published in 2020 and is a graphic novel set during the coronavirus pandemic about "a family’s awakening to what really matters".[11]
Her 2023 book, Leaf-light, was shortlisted for the 2024 Patricia Wrightson Prize for Children's Books, NSW Premier's Literary Awards and the 2024 Children's Book Award, Queensland Literary Awards.[12]
She lives in Castlemaine, Victoria.[13]
Works
- Rivertime, 2014, ISBN 9781743316337
- Shine: A story about saying goodbye, 2015, ISBN 9781743316344
- Rockhopping, 2016, ISBN 9781952533419
- The Thank You Dish, 2017, ISBN 9781760292355
- Landing with Wings, 2020, ISBN 9781760296957
- The Heart of the Bubble, 2020, ISBN 9780648904304
- Leaf-light, 2023, ISBN 9781760526207