Melina Marchetta
Autore di On the Jellicoe Road
Sull'Autore
Melina Marchetta was born on March 25, 1965 in Australia. She is a writer and teacher who earned a teaching degree from the Australian Catholic University. She then got a job teaching at St Mary's Cathedral College, Sydney. Her first novel, Looking for Alibrandi was released in 1992. Looking for mostra altro Alibrandi swept the pool of literary awards for young adult fiction in 1993 including the coveted CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award. Her second novel, Saving Francesca was released in 2003, followed by On the Jellicoe Road in 2006. Marchetta's fourth novel, the fantasy epic Finnikin of the Rock, was released in October 2008. It has since won the 2008 Aurealis Award for best young-adult novel and the 2009 ABIA (Australian Booksellers Industry Awards) Book of the Year for Older Children. Tell the Truth, Shame the Devil (2016) is her latest book. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
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Opere di Melina Marchetta
Lady Celie 9 copie
Ferragost / Molasses 2 copie
Opere correlate
Just Between Us: Australian Writers Tell the Truth About Female Friendship (2013) — Collaboratore — 8 copie
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Informazioni generali
- Data di nascita
- 1965-03-25
- Sesso
- female
- Nazionalità
- Australia
- Luogo di nascita
- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Luogo di residenza
- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Istruzione
- Rosebank College, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Attività lavorative
- teacher
writer
Utenti
Discussioni
Found: YA Fiction About Group of Friends and Tree in Name that Book (Mag 2023)
fantasy novel with a general's son having to become king. he doesn't want it. in Name that Book (Marzo 2017)
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 26
- Opere correlate
- 3
- Utenti
- 8,686
- Popolarità
- #2,760
- Voto
- 4.1
- Recensioni
- 602
- ISBN
- 273
- Lingue
- 11
- Preferito da
- 38