Achievements

Emily Rodda has won many awards for her books. Some of the awards she has won include:

- 1985 Children's Book Council of Australia Junior Book of the Year

- 1987 Children's Book Council of Australia Junior Book of the Year

- YABBA Hall of Fame

- KOALA Hall of Fame

- 1989 Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year for Younger Readers

- 1991 Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year - Younger Readers

- 1999 Dymocks Children’s Choice Award - Favourite Australian Younger Reader Book and Author

- 1996 IBBY Honour Book

- 2000 Short-listed, Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year for Younger Readers Award

- 2002 WAYRBA - Younger Readers Award

- 2002 Aurealis Awards: Peter McNamara Convenors' Award - Australian Speculative Fiction (Deltora Quest series 1 & Deltora Book of Monsters) (with Marc McBride)

- 2004 COOL Awards - Fiction for Younger Readers Award

- 2004 YARA Award

- The dromkeen medal

- 1999 Children's Book Council of Australia - Honour Book (with Craig Smith)

- 2008 Short-listed, Children's Choice Book Awards (KROC, KOALA, YABBA & COOL Awards): Fiction for Older Readers

For more awards visit:

http://www.emilyrodda.com/profile/awards

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Rowe#Awards

A good author doesn't write for money, she/he writes for enjoyment! When you write an absolutely awesome book, people aren't just going to ignore it, you get awards! Emily Rodda has won many awards for her amazing range of fantasy, picture and adventure books.

If you want to research more about book awards, click this link:

http://www.det.wa.edu.au/education/cmis/eval/fiction/awards/index.htm