Ingrid Laguna
Author of Memoir and Biography
based in VIC
Ingrid Laguna is an author and teacher. Her memoir, Serenade for a Small Family (A&U) was awarded a Varuna Fellowship and, after publication, The Age Non-Fiction Book of The Week.
Songbird (Text Publishing), Ingrid’s debut children’s novel, was given Notable recognition by the Children’s Book Council of Australia and shortlisted for Speech Pathology Australia’s Book of the Year Award 2021. It has been published in Australia, NZ, the UK and the US.
The companion novel and sequel, Sunflower, was long listed for the ABIA and shortlisted for the Children’s Peace Literature Award. Bailey Finch Takes a Stand won the 2022 Environment Award for Children’s Literature (fiction), as well as Best Primary Resource and Best Chapter Book with Educational Publishing Awards Australia (EPAA) 2022.
Kit & Arlo Find a Way (Consent for Young Readers), co-created with Vanessa Hamilton, won the same awards with the EPAA in 2023.
Ingrid has written for numerous publications including The Monthly, The Age, Magpies Magazine and the AEU magazine. She was the Education Advisor for the Melbourne Writers Festival over two Festivals.
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This author holds a Working with Children Check (WWCC).
