Martha Alderson is a children's novelist. She mainly writes fiction for young readers, but has also written picture books and some nonfiction. She won the 2009 New England Book Award for her children's novel Miss Rumphius. Her 2009 novel A World Alone was shortlisted for the Miles Franklin award and won the New South Wales Premier's Literary Award for Young Adults
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Her book The Owl Who Came to Dinner was longlisted for the Carnegie medal in 2012 and won the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize. Her most recent children's novel is Little Twin Stars: The Owl Who Came to Dinner and Other Wild Tales (2015). www.marthaalderson.com www.facebook.com/marthaalderson