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Award‑winning Australian children’s author Craig Silvey jailed over child exploitation material

The young adult novelist was jailed on Monday for seven months after pleading guilty to distributing and possessing child exploitation material earlier this year.

✦ Extractive summary — built from the sources' own reporting•From 2 sources•1 min read•Updated November 2, 2026, 8:03 AM UTC

The author of Jasper Jones and Runt pleaded guilty in May after police raided his home months earlier.

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