Frances Watts

Australian writer

Frances Watts is the pen-name of Ali Lavau, a Swiss born Australian author, who moved to Sydney, Australia when she was three years old.^[1] She has studied English literature at Macquarie University, going on to teach Australian Literature and children's literature. After graduating with a PhD, she obtained her first job in publishing.

Awards and honours

2006 CBCA Book Of The Year Awards in the Early Childhood category, Honour book:Kisses For Daddy^[2]
2008 CBCA Book Of The Year Awards, Winner: Parsley Rabbit's Book about Books^[3]
2012 CBCA Book Of The Year Awards, Notable Book: Goodnight, Mice!
2012 Prime Minister's Literary Awards Children's Fiction Winner: Goodnight, Mice!
2020 CBCA Book Of The Year Awards in the Early Childhood category, Winner: My Friend Fred^[4]
2020 Aurealis Award for best children's fiction, Shortlisted: The Chicken's Curse^[5]

Books

Fiction

Extraordinary Ernie & Marvellous Maud (illus. Judy Watson) (2008)^[6]
The Greatest Sheep in History (illus. Judy Watson) (2009)^[7]
The Raven's Wing (2014)^[8]
The Peony Lantern (2015)^[9]
The Chicken's Curse (2020)^[10]

Picture books

This Dog Bruce (2004)^[11]
Kisses for Daddy (illus. David Legge) (2005)^[12]
Parsley Rabbit's Book about Books (2007)^[13]
Captain Crabclaw's Crew (2009)^[14]
A Rat in a Stripy Sock (illus. David Francis) (2010)
Goodnight, Mice! (illus. Judy Watson) (2011)^[15]
The Fearsome, Frightening, Ferocious Box (illus. David Legge) (2013)^[16]
A Very Quacky Christmas (illus. Ann James) (2017)^[17]
It's a Story, Rory! (illus. David Legge) (2018)^[18]
Leonard Doesn't Dance (illus. Judy Watson) (2019)^[19]
My Friend Fred (illus. Anne Yi) (2019)^[20]

References

^ About Frances Retrieved 18 July 2010
^ CBCA Awards List 2006 Archived 5 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2010
^ Frances Watts Retrieved 18 July 2010
^ "CBCA Book of the Year 2020 winners announced". Books+Publishing. 16 October 2020. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
^ "Aurealis Awards 2020 finalists announced". Books+Publishing. 6 April 2021. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
^ Extraordinary Ernie & Marvellous Maud. OCLC. OCLC 229456566.
^ The greatest sheep in history. OCLC. OCLC 298217740.
^ Watts, Frances (23 September 2023). The raven's wing. Sydney, N.S.W. ISBN 978-0-7333-3291-3. OCLC 875886776.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ Watts, Frances (20 July 2015). The peony lantern. Sydney South, N.S.W. ISBN 978-0-7333-3292-0. OCLC 906933398.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ Watts, Frances (2020). The chicken's curse. Kelly Canby. Sydney, N.S.W. ISBN 978-1-76052-556-9. OCLC 1129215422.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ This dog Bruce. OCLC. OCLC 56645557.
^ Kisses for daddy. OCLC. OCLC 65470168.
^ Parsley Rabbit's book about books. OCLC. OCLC 174095646.
^ Captain Crabclaw's crew. OCLC. OCLC 277180087.
^ Goodnight, mice!. OCLC. OCLC 988924339.
^ The fearsome, frightening, ferocious box. OCLC. OCLC 870663137.
^ Watts, Frances (23 October 2017). A very quacky Christmas. James, Ann, 1952-. Sydney, N.S.W. ISBN 978-0-7333-2962-3. OCLC 987581342.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ Watts, Frances (23 September 2023). It's a story, Rory!. Legge, David, 1963-. Sydney, N.S.W. ISBN 978-0-7333-3593-8. OCLC 1030893051.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ Watts, Frances (23 September 2023). Leonard doesn't dance. Watson, Judy, 1959-. Sydney, N.S.W. ISBN 978-0-7333-3304-0. OCLC 1062418044.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ Watts, Frances (23 September 2023). My friend Fred. Yi, A. (Anne). Sydney, NSW, Australia. ISBN 978-1-76029-094-8. OCLC 1090038498.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)