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Megan Jacobson grew up in Darwin and the far north coast of NSW but now lives in Brisbane with her family. Her short stories have been published in the Sydney Morning Herald and the Review of Australian Fiction, aired on ABC radio, and appeared in the UTS Writers Anthology. She has a degree in journalism and has also worked as an in-house script story-liner for several Australian television dramas.

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Yellow (Penguin Random House Australia, 2016) Shortlisted, 2018 YABBA for Fiction Years 7-9, 2017 Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Awards, 2017 Davitt Award Best Young Adult Book, 2017 Davitt Award Best Debut.

The Build-up Season (Penguin Random House Australia, 2017) Joint Winner, 2018 Australian Family Therapists' Award ...more

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I'm 13 years of age, do you think there would be agents that would accept me?

Megan Jacobson SE Hinton wrote The Outsiders when she was still a teenager, and it's actually quite a good selling point, being a teenager writing about teenagers (I…moreSE Hinton wrote The Outsiders when she was still a teenager, and it's actually quite a good selling point, being a teenager writing about teenagers (I found this site re. teen authors http://www.ekristinanderson.com/?p=6339) So your age is not an impediment, rather, the question is whether you've honed your craft enough to have a publishable manuscript? I know Will Kostakis, author of The Sidekicks, talks about how he submitted his first manuscript at your age. He wasn't ready yet and he was rejected, but he kept writing, and he kept failing better, until he finally was offered a publishing deal at seventeen. So to answer your question, no, you're not too young, but if you aren't accepted, don't take it to heart, just keep writing and working on your craft. You have all the time in the world!(less)

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what is it like to be such a great writter and do you have any tips for aspireing writers?

Megan Jacobson Apologies for the delayed response, I've only just seen this! Thank you, it still feels strange and wonderful to be published, nothing beats seeing yo…moreApologies for the delayed response, I've only just seen this! Thank you, it still feels strange and wonderful to be published, nothing beats seeing your book in a store! As far as tips go - read widely and critically - ask yourself why you enjoy what you're reading, or why you're not enjoying it, and try to figure out why the text is or isn't working. But the biggest tip is to write. Write and write and write. Experiment with different styles, play around with language, until you find the voice that feels most like 'you'. Most of all, have confidence in yourself, know that what you have to say is worthwhile. A lot of writing gets hampered by doubt and an internal self-censorship. Give yourself permission to write fearlessly. Best of luck x(less)

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	Yellow 3.92 avg rating — 837 ratings — published 2016 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Build-up Season 3.80 avg rating — 327 ratings — published 2017 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Penguin Teen Australia Super-proof 2017 by Julia Lawrinson (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Nicole Hayes (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Jodi McAlister (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.82 avg rating — 28 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Big Love by Megan Jacobson (Goodreads Author), Beck Feiner (Illustrator) 3.88 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2021	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	El amor más grande (Somos8) (Spanish Edition) by Megan Jacobson (Goodreads Author), Beck Feiner (Illustrator) 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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I wrote a picture book! Isn’t this cover by Beck Feiner just gorgeous?

Two and a half years ago I had a baby, and the love I felt when I first held her was unlike anything I’d ever experienced. There were no words in all of the dictionaries in all of the languages that could describe the love, but I wanted to at least try. One sleepless, heart-bursting, fog-headed evening as I watched my daught

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“I'm still shy," I admit, pulling the sleeves over my hands, "and I might always be, I don't know, but I think you can be shy and still feel okay about yourself at the same time.”
― Megan Jacobson, Yellow

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“Do not define me by my gender or my socio-economic status, Noah Willis. Do not tell me who I am and do not tell me who society thinks I am and then put me in that box and expect me to stay there. Because, I swear to God, I will climb the hell out of that box and I will take that box you've just put me in and I will use that box to smash your face in until you're nothing more than a freckly, bloodied pulp. You got that, sweet cheeks?”
― Megan Jacobson, Yellow

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“Everybody's good when they're good, darling. You don't judge a person by that. It's how they act when things aren't good that tells you who they really are.”
― Megan Jacobson, The Build-up Season

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“Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.”
― Neil Gaiman, Coraline

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