Jane Tanner

Jane Tanner completed an Associate Diploma of Fine Art in Printmaking and Painting and a Diploma of Education. She taught for several years in Victorian secondary schools before taking up full-time illustrating in 1984.

She is the acclaimed illustrator of the best-selling picture books There's a Sea in my Bedroom, Drac and the Gremlin, The Wolf, The Fisherman and the Theefyspray and Lucy's Cat and the Rainbow Birds. She is the author and illustrator of Playmates, Isabella's Secret, Ride with Me, Just Jack, Love from Grandma and Lilly and the Fairy House. She has won or been shortlisted for many prestigious awards, including the CBCA Book of the Year Awards in the  categories of Picture Book of the Year, Younger Readers' and Early Childhood.

This much-loved author/illustrator is one of Australia's outstanding picture-book creators.


Awards

CBC Book of the Year
Notable Book in 2011 for Love from Grandma (Early Childhood)
Short-listed in 2003 for Playmates (Early Childhood)
Joint winner in 1989 for Drac & the Gremlin (Picture Book)
Short-listed in 1985 for There's a Sea in My Bedroom (Picture Book)
COOL Award
Short-listed in 2008 for Lucy's Cat & the Rainbow Birds (Picture Book)
Family Award for Children's Books
On selection list in 2011 for Love from Grandma (Therapists list)
Kids Own Aust Literature Award (KOALA)
Short-listed in 2008 for Lucy's Cat & the Rainbow Birds (Picture Book)
Short-listed in 1996 for Drac & the Gremlin (-)
KROC Award
Short-listed in 2008 for Lucy's Cat & the Rainbow Birds (Picture Book)
Speech Pathology Australia
Short-listed in 2011 for Love from Grandma (Best Book for Language)
Short-listed in 2009 for Just Jack (Young Children)
Young Aust Best Book Award (YABBA)
Short-listed in 2008 for Lucy's Cat & the Rainbow Birds (Picture Book)
Short-listed in 1992 for Drac & the Gremlin (Picture Book)

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