LIANZA Young Adult Award
The LIANZA Young Adult Fiction Award was established in 2010. It recognises the distinguished contribution to literature for children and young adults aged 13 years and above, by an author who is a citizen or resident of New Zealand.
The winner of the new award will receive a medal along with a prize pack of children’s books to be donated to a library of the winner’s choice.
2011
Winner: Fierce September by Fleur Beale (Random House New Zealand)- Smiling Jack by Ken Catran (HarperCollins Publishers (NZ) Ltd)
- Ebony Hill by Anna Mackenzie (Longacre Press)
- Blood Lines by T.K. Roxborogh (Penguin NZ)
- Lethal Deliveries by Ken Benn (Penguin NZ)
- The Limping Man by Maurice Gee (Puffin)
2010
- Winner:
Banquo’s Son by Tania Roxborogh (Penguin Group NZ) - The Bone Tiki by David Hair (HarperCollins Publishers (NZ) Ltd)
- The Crossing by Mandy Hager (Random House New Zealand
- About Griffen’s Heart by Tina Shaw (Longacre Press)
- Brainjack by Brian Falkner (Walker Books)