Odo Hirsch (born 1962) is the
pen name of David Kausman, an
Australian author of children's books. He was born in
Melbourne
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, where he trained to be a doctor, but moved to
London
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, where he currently lives.
After working as a doctor in both Melbourne and London, he joined
Amnesty International, where he reported on torture victims and examined hospital conditions in
Eastern Europe
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. After doing a master's degree in political thought at
Cambridge University
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, he joined
McKinsey & Company in 1997. This was when his first novel for children, ''Antonio S and the Mystery of Theodore Guzman'', was published. His other books include ''Bartlett and the Ice Voyage'', which won the
Blue Peter Book Award
The Blue Peter Book Awards were a set of literary awards for children's books conferred by the BBC television programme ''Blue Peter''. They were inaugurated in 2000 for books published in 1999. The Awards have been managed by reading charity, ...
. His novels have been shortlisted many times for the
Children's Book Council of Australia Awards.
Books
''Bartlett'' series
*''Bartlett and the Ice Voyage'' (1998)
*''Bartlett and the City of Flames''
*''Bartlett and the Forest Of Plenty''
*''Bartlett and the Island of Kings'' (2003)
''Darius Bell'' series
*''
Darius Bell and the Glitter Pool
''Darius Bell and the Glitter Pool'' is a 2009 Children's literature, children's novel by Australian author Odo Hirsch.
Synopsis
Darius Bell and his family are living in the Bell estate, the mansion given to his ancestors, under the condition th ...
'' (2009)
*''Darius Bell and the Crystal Bees'' (2012)
The bees of Darius' town are mysteriously disappearing, and it's up to Darius and his friends to figure out what's causing them to disappear.
''Frankel Mouse'' series
*''Frankel Mouse'' (2000)
*''Frankel Mouse and the Bestish Lair'' (2002)
''Hazel Green'' series
*''Hazel Green'' (1999)
*''Something's Fishy, Hazel Green!'' (2000)
*''Have Courage, Hazel Green!'' (2001)
*''Think Smart, Hazel Green!'' (2003)
''Will Buster'' series
*''Will Buster and the Gelmet Helmet'' (2004)
*''Will Buster and the Carrier's Flash'' (2006)
*''Will Buster and the Crucible Choice'' (2007)
Other books
*''Antonio S. and the Mystery of Theodore Guzman'' (1997),
also published as ''Antonio S. and the Mysterious Theodore Guzman'', and as ''Antonio S. and the Secret Room''
*''Yoss'' (2001)
*''Pincus Corbett's strange adventure'' (2002)
*''Slaughterboy'' (2005)
*''The Book of Changing Things (and other oddibosities)'' (2005)
*''Amelia Dee and the Peacock Lamp'' (2007)
References
External links
Biographyat
Bloomsbury
Australian children's writers
Living people
1962 births
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