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Gabrielle Williams is a Melbourne-based author. She has worked in recording studios, advertising, and television.

Her first novel, for adults, was published in 2001. Since 2009, she has published numerous novels for young adults, which are regularly shortlisted for awards, including the New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards, the Victorian Premier's Literary Awards, and the Prime Minister's Literary Awards.

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Awards for Works

y separately published work icon My Life as a Hashtag Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2017 10953699 2017 single work novel young adult

'I'd been warned - in French, no less. By a tram-riding, mermaid-swaying, wolf-eaten, peace-sign flipping friend. I knew she wouldn't be happy if I stayed out here by the pool, with Jed's nail tracing the length of my neck.

'But I didn't want to go inside. I didn't want another drink. I wanted to stay out here and see what would happen.

'What’s a girl to do when her parents have split up; her mum’s trawling Tinder; and one of her best friends has decided not to invite her to the biggest party of the year, which she then has to watch unfold on everyone else’s social media?'

If you’re a girl called MC, you get mad as hell, that’s what you do.

'But what begins as one girl’s private, no-holds-barred rant soon snowballs in the most public way possible.

'A funny, heartfelt novel for anyone who's ever wished they hadn't pressed send.' (Publication summary)

2018 shortlisted APA Book Design Awards Best Designed Young Adult Book
2018 shortlisted Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) Australian Book of the Year for Older Children
2018 CBCA Book of the Year Awards Notable Book Older Readers
2018 longlisted Indie Awards Young Adult
y separately published work icon The Guy, the Girl, the Artist and His Ex Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2015 8361661 2015 single work novel young adult

'A rock chick.

'An artist with attitude.

'A girl with a past.

'A party animal.

'Four lives collide when one of the world's most famous paintings is stolen. It's a mystery that has the nation talking, but while Picasso's Weeping Woman might be absent from the walls of the National Gallery, in other parts of Melbourne the controversial painting's presence is being felt by Guy, Rafi, Luke and Penny for four very different reasons.

'Life, love, art and one giant party intersect in this offbeat comedy about good intentions, unexpected consequences and the irresistible force of true love.' (Publication summary)

2016 longlisted Davitt Award Best Young Adult Book
2016 CBCA Book of the Year Awards Notable Book
2016 shortlisted New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Ethel Turner Prize for Young People's Literature
2016 longlisted Inky Awards Gold Inky
y separately published work icon The Reluctant Hallelujah Camberwell : Penguin , 2012 Z1834396 2012 single work novel young adult

'But there I go, getting ahead of myself. Skipping straight to the part where I was front-page news and they were calling me Dorothy, instead of starting at the beginning...

'When Dodie's parents go missing just as final year exams are about to start, she convinces herself they're fine. But when the least likely boy in class holds the key -- quite literally -- to the huge secret her parents have been hiding all these years, it's up to Dodie, her sister, the guy from school, and two guys she's never met before, to take on the challenge of a lifetime. So now Dodie's driving -- unlicensed -- to Sydney, and being chased by bad guys, the police, and one very handsome good guy.' (From the publisher's website.)

2012 shortlisted Inky Awards Gold Inky
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