Claire Zorn


Claire Zorn is an Australian writer of young adult fiction. She was awarded the CBCA in 2015 and 2017.

Personal life

Zorn grew up in the Blue Mountains and attended St Columba’s Catholic College. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts and a post graduate diploma in writing from University of Technology Sydney. As a writer of both fiction and non-fiction, her work has been published in literary journals including Wet Ink and the Overland Literary Journal, and she blogs.
She is a Christian and has spoken publicly about how her faith influences her writing. She says she tries to view her characters with the same compassion and judgement as Christ views people.

Published works and awards