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.
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 for the 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)
- CBCA Older Readers Notable Book 2008
- OVERSEAS EDITIONS: Germany, UK, Italy, France
4. DINOSAUR KNIGHTS – Younger Readers Novel (2009)
- CBCA Younger Readers Notable Book 2010
- OVERSEAS EDITIONS: Germany
5. YOU TURKEYS! – Chapter book (2010)
6. JUST A DOG – Younger Readers Novel (2010)
- Winner 2011 Queensland Premier’s Awards
- Shortlisted for 2011 CBCA BOOK of the YEAR Younger Readers.
- Honour Book for 2011 CBCA awards
- OVERSEAS EDITIONS: US, Norway, Germany, South Korea, Italy, Israel
7. ISHMAEL AND THE HOOPS OF STEEL – Young Adult Novel (2011)
- Shortlisted for the 2011 Children’s Peace Literature Awards
- Shortlisted 2012 CBCA Book of the Year for Older Readers.
- OVERSEAS EDITIONS: Germany, UK
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 (2014)
12. SECRET AGENT DEREK ‘DANGER’ DALE & THE CASE OF THE REALLY, REALLY SCARY THINGS (2015)
13. SECRET AGENT DEREK ‘DANGER’ DALE & THE CASE OF THE REALLY, REALLY MAGNETIC MAGNET (2015)
- OVERSEAS EDITIONS: Brazil
14. THE PAIN, MY MOTHER, SIR TIFFY, CYBER BOY AND ME – Young Adult Novel (2016)
- Shortlisted 2017 WAYRBA Awards
- OVERSEAS EDITIONS: Germany
15. RODNEY LOSES IT! – Picture Book (2017)
- Winner 2018 CBCA Awards for Book of the Year: Early Childhood
- Winner 2018 Speech Pathology Book of the Year (3-5 years)
- OVERSEAS EDITIONS: Turkey, China
16. THE THINGS THAT WILL NOT STAND – Young Adult Novel (2018)
- 2019 CBCA Older Readers NOTABLE
- Winner: 2019 Prime Minister’s Literary Award for Young Adult Literature
- Selection: White Ravens Catalogue for International Books
- OVERSEAS EDITIONS: Germany