WRITING CV

CURRICULUM VITAE: WRITING HISTORY – Michael Gerard Bauer

Winner of 2003 Brisbane Writers Festival Writesmall Short Story Competition for The Dos and Don’ts of Short Story Writing.
2022 Dame Annabelle Rankin Award Recipient for Distinguished Services to Children’s Literature.

All the following books published by OMNIBUS BOOKS/SCHOLASTIC AUSTRALIA

1. THE RUNNING MAN – Young Adult Novel (2004)

Winner: 2005 Children’s Book Council of Australia Book of the Year for Older Readers
Shortlisted: 2005 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards
Shortlisted: 2005 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards
Shortlisted: 2005 Courier Mail Book of the Year for Younger Readers
Winner: 2005 Courier Mail People’s Choice Award
Shortlisted: 2006 Adelaide Festival Literary Award
Selected official text for National Literacy Day 2007
German language edition nominated for “Katholischer Kinder- und Jugendbuchpreis 2008” (Catholic Children’s Book Prize)
German language edition nominated for the Youth Jury Prize in the 2008 German Youth Literary Awards
Finalist in the Premio Cento di Letteratura per Ragazzi (Centro Award for Children’s Literature) middle school category 2009 – Italian Edition
Selected as a Banks Street College of Education Best Children’s Book of the Year 2009 – USA Edition
Shortlisted: Prix Farniente Beligium 2014 – Dutch Edition
Tenth Anniversary Edition published 2014
OVERSEAS EDITIONS:USA, Netherlands, Germany, Italy, South Korea, France, China.

2. DON’T CALL ME ISHMAEL! – Young Adult Novel (2006)

Winner: 2008 South Australian Festival Awards for Children’s Literature
Winner: 2007 Children’s Peace Literature Award
Shortlisted: 2007 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards
Shortlisted: 2007 Children’s Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Older Readers
Winner: 2007 Children’s Book Council of Australia Junior Judges Award
Included in the 2007 White Ravens selection for Outstanding International Books for children and young adults
Chosen for the Junior Library Guild of America’s premiere selection Fall 2007 – US Edition
Honour Book: Michigan Thumbs Up! Award 2008 – US Edition
Finalist in the 2010 Premio Cento di Letteratura per Ragazzi (Centro Award for Children’s Literature) middle school category – Italian Edition
Shortlisted: 2016 YABBA Awards Fiction for Years 7 – 9
OVERSEAS EDITIONS: USA, UK, Germany, Italy, Czechoslovakian, French, Turkey, Israel

3. THE RETURN OF THE DUGONGS – Young Adult Novel (2007)

4. DINOSAUR KNIGHTS – Younger Readers Novel (2009)

5. YOU TURKEYS! – Chapter book (2010)

6. JUST A DOG – Younger Readers Novel (2010)

7. ISHMAEL AND THE HOOPS OF STEEL – Young Adult Novel (2011)

8. ERIC VALE – EPIC FAIL – Younger Readers (2012)

9. ERIC VALE – SUPER MALE – Younger Readers (2013)

10. ERIC VALE – OFF THE RAILS – Younger Readers (2013)

2014 BILBY AWARD (QLD Children’s Choice Awards) – Epic Fail
Shortlisted: 2014 YABBA AWARDS (Young Australians Best Book Awards) – Epic Fail
Honour Book: 2014 KOALA AWARDS (NSW Children’s Choice Awards) – Epic Fail
Selected for Readings 2013 Top 50 Books You Can’t Put Down – Epic Fail
Shortlisted: 2018 REAL AWARDS Fiction for Younger Readers – Off the Rails
OVERSEAS EDITIONS: Germany, Turkey, Spain, Poland, Brazil, India, Canada, Asia, Sth America

11. SECRET AGENT DEREK ‘DANGER’ DALE & THE CASE OF ANIMALS BEHAVING REALLY, REALLY BADLY Younger Readers (2014)

12. SECRET AGENT DEREK ‘DANGER’ DALE & THE CASE OF THE REALLY, REALLY SCARY THINGS Younger Readers (2015)

13. SECRET AGENT DEREK ‘DANGER’ DALE & THE CASE OF THE REALLY, REALLY MAGNETIC MAGNET Younger Readers (2015)