Morris Gleitzman (born 9 January 1953) is an English-born Australian author of children's and
young adult fiction
Young adult fiction (YA) is a category of fiction written for readers from 12 to 18 years of age. While the genre is primarily targeted at adolescents, approximately half of YA readers are adults.
The subject matter and genres of YA correlate ...
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[Morris Gleitzman]
AustLit He has gained recognition for sparking an interest in
AIDS in his controversial novel ''
Two Weeks with the Queen'' (1990).
Gleitzman has co-written many children's series with another Australian children's author,
Paul Jennings. One of Gleitzman and Jennings' collaborations, the ''Wicked!'' book series, was adapted into an
animated series
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in 2000. Gleitzman has also published three collections of his newspaper columns for ''
The Age
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'' and ''
The Sydney Morning Herald
''The Sydney Morning Herald'' (''SMH'') is a daily compact newspaper published in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, and owned by Nine. Founded in 1831 as the ''Sydney Herald'', the ''Herald'' is the oldest continuously published newspaper ...
'' as books for an adult readership, and he used to write for the popular ''
Norman Gunston
Norman Gunston was a satirical TV character performed by Australian actor and comedian Garry McDonald. Norman Gunston was primarily well known in his native Australia, and to a lesser extent, the United States during the mid to late 1970s. He ...
Show'' in the 1970s. His latest book in the ''Once'' series, ''Always'', was released in 2021. His is also known for his ''Toad'' series of books.
In February 2018, Gleitzman was named the
Australian Children's Laureate for 2018/2019.
Early life
Gleitzman was born in
Sleaford
Sleaford is a market town and civil parish in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. Centred on the former parish of New Sleaford, the modern boundaries and urban area include Quarrington to the south-west, Holdingham to the nor ...
,
Lincolnshire
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. He moved to Australia in 1969 when he was 16.
He is married with children.
His parents live in Australia
Bibliography
Books
Awards
*1993
**
BILBY Award (''Blabber Mouth'')
**CROW Award (''Blabber Mouth'')
*1994
**CROW Award (''Sticky Beak'')
*1997
**
COOL Award
The COOL Awards is an annual children's choice award voted on by students in Canberra, the Australian Capital Territory, Australia. Children are encouraged to read and vote for their favourite books. The votes are tallied and the awards made.
...
(''Belly Flop'')
*1998
**BILBY Award (''Bumface'')
**COOL Award (''Bumface'')
**KOALA Award (''Bumface'')
**YABBA Award (''Bumface'')
* 2001
**YABBA Award: Older Readers (''Toad Rage'')
*2008
**ANTO Cole Award (''Toad Rage'')
*2013
**COOL Award (''Pizza Cake'')
*2016
**
Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year: Younger Readers (''Soon'')
Book of the Year – Winners 2016
Children's Book Council of Australia
References
External links
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Morris Gleitzman
Puffin Books
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1953 births
Living people
Australian children's writers
People educated at Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School
Australian people of Polish-Jewish descent
English emigrants to Australia
English people of Polish-Jewish descent
Jewish Australian writers
University of Canberra alumni