Brisbane
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) is an Australian full-time children's and young adult author, and was formerly an English teacher.
Biography
Bauer was born in Brisbane and attended
Marist College Ashgrove
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, location = Ashgrove, Brisbane, Queensland
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before attending the
University of Queensland
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. He completed an Arts Degree with a triple Major in English literature and became a teacher of Economics and English in Brisbane and Ipswich secondary schools. In 2003, Bauer won the inaugural Writesmall Short Story competition at the Brisbane Writers Festival.
Bauer lives in Brisbane Queensland. '' The Running Man'', his first novel was well received, winning the 2005 CBCA Book of the Year for Older Readers; was listed as one of the top 10 books for young adults for 2004 in Magpies magazine; and was short-listed for the 2005 NSW Premier's Award, Victorian Premier's Award, and the 2006 South Australian Festival Awards for Literature. The Running Man also won the Courier Mail 2005 People's Choice Award for Younger Readers. In 2008 it won the German Catholic Youth Book Award for promoting Christian values in children's literature. The presentation ceremony took place in Mainz, Germany in June 2008. Bauer has also written six other books, '' Don't Call Me Ishmael'' (2006), ''Ishmael and the Return of the Dugongs'' (2007), ''Dinosaur Knights'' (2008), ''You Turkeys'' (2009), ''Just a Dog'' (2010) and ''Ishmael and the Hoops of Steel'' (2011).
''Don't Call Me Ishmael'' won the 2008 South Australian Festival Award for Literature; the 2007
Children's Peace Literature Award
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; the Children's Book Council of Australia Junior Judges Award in 2007; and was short-listed for the 2007 NSW Premier's Award and the 2007 CBCA Award for Older Readers. It was selected for the 2007 White Ravens festival at the
Bologna Book Fair
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. The sequel, ''Ishmael and the Return of the Dugongs'', was awarded a Notable Book at the CBCA Awards for Older Readers in 2008.
''Just a Dog'' was an Honour Book for the 2011 CBCA Book of the Year, Younger Readers category. It won the 2011 Queensland Premier's Literary Award, Younger Readers.
The third book in the Ishmael trilogy was released in July 2011 and is entitled ''Ishmael and the Hoops of Steel''. It was short-listed for the Children's Peace Literature Award in 2011 and the CBCA Book of the Year, Older Readers category in 2012.
In November 2012 the first of three books for Younger Readers was released, titled ''Eric Vale Epic Fail''. The sequels ''Eric Vale Super Male'' and ''Eric Vale Off the Rails'' were published in 2013. All three comedy books have extensive illustrations by his son, Joe Bauer. A spin-off comedy series for younger readers featuring the character Secret Agent Derek 'Danger' Dale followed. These are ''Secret Agent Derek 'Danger' Dale The Case of Animals Behaving Really, REALLY Badly''; ''Secret Agent Derek 'Danger' Dale The Case of the Really, REALLY Scary Things''; and ''Secret Agent Derek 'Danger' Dale The Case of the Really, REALLY Magnetic Magnet.'' ''Eric Vale, Epic Fail'' was adapted into a family musical by THAT Production Company in 2015, and was first presented by the company at the StoryArts Festival Ipswich.
In 2014 ''Eric Vale Epic Fail'' won the Bilby Award (Queensland Children's Choice Award), was short-listed for the Yabba Awards (Young Australians Best Book Awards) for 2013 & 2014, and was chosen as an Honour Book for the Koala Awards 2014 (NSW Children's Choice Awards). ''Eric Vale Off the Rails'' was selected as one of the Get Reading 50 Books You Can't Put Down in 2013 and ''Eric Vale Super Male'' was short-listed for the 2015 Yabba Awards.
In May 2016 a young adult comedy novel was released entitled, ''The Pain, My Mother, Sir Tiffy, Cyber Boy & Me.''
In 2018 Bauer's first picture book ''Rodney Loses It!'' illustrated by Chrissie Krebs won the CBCA Book of the Year in the Early Childhood category as well as 2018 Speech Pathology Book of the Year award in the 3 to 5 years category.
The YA novel ''The Things That Will Not Stand'' was released in September 2018. It won the 2019
Prime Minister's Literary Award
The Australian Prime Minister's Literary Awards (PMLA) were announced at the end of 2007 by the incoming First Rudd ministry following the 2007 election. They are administered by the Minister for the Arts.The Running Man'' (2004)
*'' Don't Call Me Ishmael'' (2006)
*'' Ishmael and the Return of the Dugongs'' (2007)
*''Dinosaur Knights'' (2008)
*''You Turkeys'' (2009)
*''Just a Dog'' (2010)
*''Ishmael and the Hoops of Steel'' (2011)
*''Eric Vale Epic Fail'' (2012)
*''Eric Vale Super Male'' (2013)
*''Eric Vale Off the Rails'' (2013)
*''Secret Agent Derek 'Danger' Dale The Case of Animals Behaving Really REALLY Badly'' (2014)
*''Secret Agent Derek 'Danger' Dale The Case of the Really REALLY Scary Things'' (2015)
*''Secret Agent Derek 'Danger' Dale The Case of the Really REALLY Magnetic Magnet (2015)
*''The Pain, My Mother, Sir Tiffy, Cyber Boy & Me'' (2016)
*''Rodney Loses It'' (2017)
*''The Things That Will Not Stand'' (2018)
*''Rodney Forgets It! (2022)''