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JANE TANNER

Jane Tanner is a well known children’s book illustrator and author. Her work has been published in Australia,
U.K, U.S.A, Japan and Korea and her pictures are exhibited in major collections through out Australia.
Born in Melbourne 1946, Jane grew up in Coburg and Pascoe Vale South. She attended Coburg High School
1959-1964 and graduated from the Victorian College of the Arts in painting and printmaking.
Jane became a secondary school art teacher until the early 1980s when she took up full time book illustration.
The first book she illustrated (There’s a Sea in My Bedroom/author Margaret Wild) became an Australian
classic and is still in print today.
Jane’s work has won or been shortlisted for many awards.
These include:
“Lily and the Fairy House” author Jane Tanner. Children’s
Book Council of Australia Notable Book 2013
“Love From Grandma” author Jane Tanner. Children’s
Book Council of Australia Notable Book 2010
“Lucy’s Cat and the Rainbow Birds” author Anthony Hill.
Shortlisted Children’s Choice Awards 2007
“Playmates” author Jane Tanner. Shortlisted Children’s
Book Council of Australia, Early Childhood Book of the
Year 2002
“The Wolf” author Margaret Barbalet. Winner, Human
Rights and Equal Opportunities Commission Award for
Literature 1992.
Shortlisted Children’s Book Council of Australia, Early
Readers Book of the Year 1992.
“The Fisherman and the Theefyspray” author Paul
Jennings. Winner, Wilderness Society Environment
Award for Children’s Literature 1994.
Winner, Christian Schools Book Award 1994.
“Drac and the Gremlin” author Allan Baillie. Winner,
Children’s Book Council of Australia Picture Book of the
Year award 1989.
Shortlisted, Victorian Premier’s Award 1989.
“There’s a Sea in my Bedroom” author Margaret Wild.
Shortlisted, Kate Greenaway Medal U.K.
Shortlisted, Children’s Book Council of Australia, Picture
Book of the Year 1985.
Jane has had many shortlists in the YABBA Book Awards
(Australian Children’s own choice Awards.)