Janeen Brian

Janeen Brian (born 1948) is a South Australian writer of children's books. A primary school teacher prior to 1990, when she started writing full time, she published her 100th book in September, 2016.

Brian's work for middle school children Yong: The Journey of an Unworthy Son has been adapted to a stage production by Monkey Baa Theatre Company, with shows in regional Victoria and the Sydney Opera House.

Awards Pilawuk-When I Was Young won a CBCA Eve Pownall Honour Award 1997. Where Does Thursday Go? won a CBCA Honour Book 2002: Early Childhood for ages 2-6. Hoosh! Camels in Australia shortlisted in the CBCA Eve Pownall Award 2006. Look, Baby! won the 2021 Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year for Birth to three years.

Works

Children's books Pilawuk-When I Was Young (1996) Era Publications Where Does Thursday Go? (2001) Scholastic Australia Hoosh! Camels in Australia (2006) ABC Books Oddball (2008) Walker Books That Boy, Jack (2013) Walker Books Australia I'm A Dirty Dinosaur (2013) Penguin Books I’m A Hungry Dinosaur (2015) Penguin Books Yong Journey of an Unworthy Son (2016) Walker Books Australia Eloise and the Bucket of Stars (2020) Walker Books Australia The Fix-it Princess (2023) Walker Books Australia