Suzy Zail

An award winning, internationally published author of more than a dozen books, Suzy is best-known for her young adult novels The Wrong Boy, Alexander Altmann and I am Change, books that shine a light on injustice. Her books are studied in schools and have been included in the USBBY’s Outstanding International Books list. Her most recent novel, Inkflower, draws on her childhood and tells the story of a man who, in his last months with Motor Neurone Disease, reveals to his daughter a Holocaust story he has kept hidden. Inkflower has been shortlisted for the CBCA awards, the Booklinks Historical novel award, the YABBAs and the ASLA Danz awards, and won kids’ choice for Book of the Year, Older readers, at the 2024 CBCA awards. You can visit Suzy online at suzyzail.com.au and @suzyzailauthor