Will Kostakis is one of Australia’s most renowned authors for children and young adults. First published at nineteen, he writes whip-smart comedies that break (then mend) hearts.
His novel We Could Be Something is a moving intergenerational story that won the 2024 Prime Minister’s Literary Award for Young Adult Literature. It was also shortlisted for the Victorian and New South Wales Premier’s Literary Awards and the Queensland Literary Award.
Otis Ottley and the School in the Sky, heralded as “Australia’s answer to Harry Potter“, is his latest novel.
As a high school student, Will won Sydney Morning Herald Young Writer of the Year for a collection of short stories. People confuse it for the masthead’s far more prestigious Best Young Australian Novelists prize, and Will has stopped correcting them.
An advocate for young readers and writers, Will is the patron for Somerset Storyfest and an Ambassador for Dymocks Children’s Charities. He received the 2020 Maurice Saxby Award from the School Library Association of New South Wales for service to children’s and young adult literature.
Will tours the world, speaking at schools, festivals and conferences. For information on the types of presentations and workshops he runs, or if you simply want to say hey, please don’t hesitate to email Will.
