Australian author Craig Silvey has been charged with possessing and distributing child exploitation material. Western Australia Police Force said detectives executed a search warrant at a property on Monday. It is alleged officers found a 43-year-old man actively engaging with other child exploitation offenders online when they arrived. He was arrested, the force said, and his electronic devices were seized. The man was charged with possessing and distributing child exploitation material. The force added in a statement that the man would appear at Fremantle Magistrates Court on Tuesday. Australia’s Channel 9 reported that Silvey faced a Perth court on Tuesday afternoon in relation to the charges. He didn’t enter a plea and was granted bail, due to be back in court next month. Silvey is best known for his book Jasper Jones, which sold more than half a million copies, is often assigned for reading in schools, and was made into a film starring Toni Collette in 2017. It also won the Australian Book Industry Awards Book of the Year and was also shortlisted for …