Edwina
Wyatt
Edwina who?
Edwina Wyatt is an Australian children’s author.
Her debut junior fiction novel The Secrets of Magnolia Moon (Walker Books) was awarded the CBCA Honour Book of the Year for Younger Readers, and shortlisted for the Readings’ Children’s Book Prize. She has received three CBCA Notables for her picture books, and her novel Tish received a Gold Standard Selection Award from the Junior Library Guild USA. Her book Cub & Brown was named in The Guardian’s Best Australian Children’s Books of 2023. Her latest books are the Junkyard Fairies series, illustrated by the acclaimed artist, Lauren O’Hara.
Edwina currently works as a Youth Lawyer in community justice and has previously worked in youth mental health and teaching.
She is represented by Lindsay Davis Auld at Writers House.