Ursula Dubosarsky is an Australian writer of fiction and non-fiction for children and young adults. She has won nine national literary prizes, including five NSW Premier's Literary Awards, more than any other writer in the Awards' 30 year history. Her work is characterised by a child's vision and voice of both clarity and ambiguity.

Awards

• 2011 - Children's Book Council of Australia Awards, Book of the Year Award for The Return of the Word Spy with illustrator Tohby Riddle
• 2009 - New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards
  New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards
  The New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards were established in 1979 by the New South Wales Premier Neville Wran. Commenting on its purpose, Wran said: "We want the arts to take, and be seen to take, their proper place in our social priorities...
  
  , Patricia Wrightson Prize for Young People's Literature for The Word Spy with illustrator Tohby Riddle
• 2009 - Junior Judges Project, Children's Book Council of Australia, Winner for The Word Spy with illustrator Tohby Riddle
• 2009 - KOALA Kids Own Australian Literature Award, Picture Book Winner for Rex with illustrator David Mackintosh
• 2007 - New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards
  New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards
  The New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards were established in 1979 by the New South Wales Premier Neville Wran. Commenting on its purpose, Wran said: "We want the arts to take, and be seen to take, their proper place in our social priorities...
  
  , Ethel Turner Prize for Young People's Literature for The Red Shoe
• 2006 - Queensland Premier's Literary Awards
  Queensland Premier's Literary Awards
  The Queensland Premier's Literary Awards were inaugurated in 1999 and have grown to become a leading literary awards program within Australia, with $225,000 in prizemoney over 14 categories. One of Australia's richest prizes, top categories offer up to $25,000 for 1st prize.-Fiction Book...
  
  , Young Adult Book Award for The Red Shoe
• 2006 - New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards
  New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards
  The New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards were established in 1979 by the New South Wales Premier Neville Wran. Commenting on its purpose, Wran said: "We want the arts to take, and be seen to take, their proper place in our social priorities...
  
  , Ethel Turner Prize for Young People's Literature for Theodora's Gift
• 2006 - Victorian Premier's Literary Award
  Victorian Premier's Literary Award
  The Victorian Premier's Literary Awards were created by the Victorian Governmentwith the aim of raising the profile of contemporary creative writing and Australia's publishing industry....
  
  , Prize for Young Adult Literature for Theodora's Gift
• 2001 - Adelaide Festival Literary Awards, Award for Children's Literature for Abyssinia
• 1995 - New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards
  New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards
  The New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards were established in 1979 by the New South Wales Premier Neville Wran. Commenting on its purpose, Wran said: "We want the arts to take, and be seen to take, their proper place in our social priorities...
  
  , Ethnic Affairs Commission Award for The First Book of Samuel
• 1994 - New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards
  New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards
  The New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards were established in 1979 by the New South Wales Premier Neville Wran. Commenting on its purpose, Wran said: "We want the arts to take, and be seen to take, their proper place in our social priorities...
  
  , Ethel Turner Prize for Children's literature for The White Guinea Pig
• 1994 - Victorian Premier's Literary Award
  Victorian Premier's Literary Award
  The Victorian Premier's Literary Awards were created by the Victorian Governmentwith the aim of raising the profile of contemporary creative writing and Australia's publishing industry....
  
  , Alan Garner Prize for Children's Literature for The White Guinea Pig

Theatrical productions

• The Red Shoe was staged by the Jigsaw Theatre in Canberra in 2008.
• The Terrible Plop was staged by the Windmill Theatre in Adelaide, Brisbane and Canberra, 2009, and in Sydney, regional Victoria and Queensland, and Darwin in 2011. It will be touring USA and Canada in 2012.

External links

• http://www.ursuladubosarsky.com/
• http://www.thegoldenday.info/