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Highest accolade for Susanne Gervay

May 25, 2022

Huge news! Susanne Gervay is the winner of the prestigious

Crystal Kite Award

The Crystal Kite Awards are peer-selected - it’s the highest accolade. It’s the SCBWI members’-choice award recognising outstanding achievements.

Susanne is the recipient of the 2022 Crystal Kite Award for the Australia / New Zealand of SCBWI for her novel

Heroes of the Secret Underground

a powerful time-slip story inspired by the Susanne’s family in Budapest during the Holocaust.

As we all know, this book is particularly dear to Susanne’s heart, so this news is particularly precious. We are so thrilled for our brilliant and beloved leader.

Explore more about the novel at the HarperCollins website.

Find out more about the Crystal Kite Awards on the main SCBWI website.

CONGRATULATIONS, SUSANNE!

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