About Markus Zusak
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“I always had stories in my head. So I started writing them.”–Markus Zusak
Markus Zusak received the Children’s Book Council of Australia’s Book of the Year Award for I Am the Messenger. He lives in Sydney, where he writes, occasionally works a real job, and plays on a soccer team that never wins.
About Markus Zusak
Markus Zusak has asserted himself as one of today’s most innovative and poetic novelists. With the publication of The Book Thief, he is now being dubbed a “literary phenomenon” by Australian and U.S. critics. Zusak is the award-winning author of four previous books: The Underdog, Fighting Ruben Wolfe, Getting the Girl, and I Am the Messenger, recipient of a Michael L. Printz Honor. He lives in Sydney, Australia. For more information on the author, visit www.markuszusak.com.
Web Sites about Markus Zusak
Markus Zusak: About the Author Interview (from Random House Children’s Books)
13 Facts (+ a few more) about Markus Zusak (from Random House, Inc.)
Thank You Message from Markus Zusak (from Random House Children’s Books)
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