Books that changed me

Updated October 9 2014 - 10:23am, first published September 28 2014 - 12:15am
K.A. Barker's unpublished manuscript of her debut novel for young adults won the John Marsden Prize in 2010.
K.A. Barker's unpublished manuscript of her debut novel for young adults won the John Marsden Prize in 2010.
K.A. Barker's unpublished manuscript of her debut novel for young adults won the John Marsden Prize in 2010.
K.A. Barker's unpublished manuscript of her debut novel for young adults won the John Marsden Prize in 2010.
K.A. Barker's unpublished manuscript of her debut novel for young adults won the John Marsden Prize in 2010.
K.A. Barker's unpublished manuscript of her debut novel for young adults won the John Marsden Prize in 2010.

K.A. (Kirilee) Barker is 26 and lives in Brisbane. The unpublished manuscript of her debut novel for young adults won the John Marsden Prize in 2010. The Book of Days (Pan Macmillan) was inspired by her own adoption and follows the quest of a 16-year-old who wakes with no memory to discover her identity.