Popular Australian children's author jailed over child exploitation offences
The author of Jasper Jones and Runt pleaded guilty in May after police raided his home months earlier.
Australian children's author Craig Silvey has been sentenced to seven months in jail for possessing and distributing child exploitation material.
In handing down her sentence, Judge Hayley Cormann called Silvey's actions "repulsive" and "degrading".
In January, Silvey was arrested after police raided his home in Western Australia and seized several electronic devices. In May, the 44-year-old pleaded guilty to possessing and distributing child exploitation material and in October he was jailed pending his sentencing.
However, the author's defence lawyer said he did not have a "sexual interest in children" and was seeking out "the most depraved material" as a form of "emotional" self harm.