Lynette Noni is currently Australia’s #1 Young Adult fiction author

Press bio (50 words):

Australian author Lynette Noni studied journalism, academic writing, and human behaviour at university before venturing into the world of fiction. She is the #1 bestselling author of The Medoran Chronicles, the Whisper duology, and The Prison Healer series. To date, she has won three ABIA awards and a Gold Inky Award, and her books are published in 19 countries across the globe.

Longer bio:

After studying journalism, academic writing and human behavior at university, Lynette Noni finally ventured into the world of fiction. She is now a full-time writer and the #1 bestselling author of the six-book young adult fantasy series, The Medoran Chronicles, the award-winning YA duology, Whisper, and the globally renowned YA fantasy trilogy, The Prison Healer.

In 2019, Lynette’s book Whisper won the ABIA Award (Australian Book Industry Award) for Small Publishers’ Children’s Book of the Year, as well as the Gold Inky Award (Australia’s only teen choice book award).

Her newest series, The Prison Healer, won the 2022 ABIA Award for Book of the Year for Older Children (13+), and was shortlisted for the 2022 Indie Book Awards. It was also a finalist in the 2022 Audie Awards, and a CBCA (Children’s Book Council of Australia) notable mention for Older Readers Book of the Year. The Prison Healer was also voted in at #2 on the Better Reading Kids’ Top 50 list for 2022 (directly behind Harry Potter). Most recently, the final book in the trilogy, The Blood Traitor, won the 2023 ABIA Award for Book of the Year for Older Children (13+).

Collectively, Lynette’s books have been published in 19 different countries and counting.

You can find her online: Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and TikTok.