| | 7,987 (8,097) | 598 | 2,608 |  (4.13) | 39 | 0 | 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 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) — biography from On the Jellicoe Road … (more) |
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Melina Marchetta has 6 past events. (show)  Sci-Fi/Fantasy  Melina Marchetta - Author Talk & Book Signing Meet Melina Marchetta Melina Marchetta12 July - Come and spend the afternoon with the wonderful Melina Marchetta - author of 'Looking for Alibrandi' and 'Saving Francesca'. Bookings essential - 9367 9211 (wookiebender) Remedial Book Club for Immature Adults Melina Marchetta , On the Jellicoe Road. THE REMEDIAL BOOK CLUB FOR IMMATURE ADULTS (adults only), rated PG-18. This is Collette's book club designed for adults to rediscover some of the classics of children's literature that some of us may have missed in our own childhoods....ok, or we didn't do the homework assignments in school...or, at the time, we thought we'd rather die than read that old chestnut. We will be meeting on the first Monday of each month starting at 6:30 pm. Our next meeting will be Monday, June 7th at 6:30 pm. We'll be reading Jellicoe Road by Ms. Marchetta. (omayao)… (more) Melina Marchetta Melina Marchetta discusses The Piper's Son. Melina Marchetta revisits the characters from Saving Francesca in her new novel The Piper's Son. Award winning Australian author speaks about her new book at Fuller's. RSVP to amy@fullersbookshop.com.au (nomester)
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