Morris Gleitzman
Morris Gleitzman | |
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| Born | 9 January 1953 Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Notable works | The Toad series, The Once series, Two Weeks with the Queen |
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Morris Gleitzman (born 9 January 1953) is an English-born Australian author of children's and young adult fiction.[1] He has gained recognition for sparking an interest in AIDS in his controversial novel Two Weeks with the Queen (1990).
Gleitzman has collaborated on children's series with another Australian children's author, Paul Jennings. Gleitzman has also published three collections of his newspaper columns for The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald as books for an adult readership, and he used to write for the popular Norman Gunston Show in the 1970s.[2] Retrieved 28 January 2008. His latest book in the "Once" series, Soon, was released in 2015. His most successful books are the Toad series of books.[3]
Early life
Gleitzman was born in Sleaford, Lincolnshire.[4] He moved to Australia when he was 16.[5]
Published work
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | The Other Facts of Life | First novel. Started out as a screenplay which he turned into a novel. |
| 1989 | Two Weeks with the Queen | |
| 1991 | Misery Guts | |
| 1992 | Worry Warts | Sequel to Misery Guts |
| 1993 | Blabber Mouth | "Gleitzman (Misery Guts, 1993, etc.) writes in a direct, charming style and short (often one sentence) paragraphs that makes these easy-to-read misadventures extra appealing."[6] Adapted into a play of the same name by Mary Morris in 1996. |
| 1994 | Sticky Beak | Sequel to Blabber Mouth |
| 1995 | Puppy Fat | Sequel to Misery Guts and Worry Warts |
| Second Childhood | ||
| 1996 | Belly Flop | |
| 1997 | Water Wings | Loose sequel to Belly Flop |
| 1998 | Bumface | |
| Wicked! | Co-written with Paul Jennings | |
| 1999 | Gift of the Gab | Sequel to Blabber Mouth and Sticky Beak |
| 2000 | Toad Rage | |
| Self Helpless | Self-help book | |
| 2001 | Adults Only | |
| Deadly | Co-written with Paul Jennings | |
| 2002 | Boy Overboard | Prequel to Girl Underground |
| 2003 | Toad Heaven | Sequel to Toad Rage |
| 2004 | Teacher's Pet | |
| Toad Away | Sequel to Toad Rage and Toad Heaven | |
| 2005 | Girl Underground | Sequel to Boy Overboard |
| Worm Story | ||
| 2006 | Aristotle's Nostril | |
| Once | "A resonant shot to the heart—Gleitzman delivers a sharp sense of what it must have been like to be a child during the Holocaust, forced to grow up far too quickly."[7] | |
| 2007 | Doubting Thomas | |
| Give Peas a Chance | Collection of short stories.
Features characters from Misery Guts, Blabber Mouth, Second Childhood, Belly Flop, Adults Only, Teacher's Pet, Worm Story and Aristotle's Nostril | |
| 2008 | Toad Surprise | Sequel to Toad Rage, Toad Heaven and Toad Away |
| 2009 | Then | "Sequel to the searing Once (2010), this tale of young people trying to survive in Poland during World War II is equally powerful."[8] |
| Grace | ||
| 2010 | Now | Sequel to Once and Then "Readers of the first two books will recognize a great deal, and those who have not should read them to gain a fuller picture of the years before and those in which we live."[9] |
| Tickled Onions | Collection of short stories. Contains some stories from Give Peas a Chance | |
| 2011 | Too Small to Fail | |
| Pizza Cake | Collection of short stories. Contains some stories from Tickled Onions | |
| 2012 | After | Sequel to Once, Then and Now |
| 2013 | Extra Time | |
| 2014 | Loyal Creatures | |
| 2015 | Soon | Sequel to Once, Then, Now and After |
| 2016 | Toad Delight | Sequel to Toad Rage, Toad Heaven, Toad Away and Toad Surprise |
| Snot Chocolate[10] | (Due for release 31 October 2016) Collection of short stories |
Awards
- 1993
- 1994
- CROW Award (Sticky Beak)[1]
- 1997
- COOL Award (Belly Flop)[1]
- 1998
- Bilby Award (Bumface)[1]
- COOL Award (Bumface)
- KOALA Award (Bumface)
- YABBA Award (Bumface)
- 2001
- YABBA Award: Older Readers (Toad Rage)[1]
- 2008
- ANTO Cole Award (Toad Rage)[1]
- 2016
- Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year: Younger Readers (Soon)[11]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h Austlit - Morris Gleitzman
- ^ About Morris
- ^ Morris, The Toad King. Retrieved 28 January 2008.
- ^ "Author Page: Morris Gleitzman Biography". Penguin.co.uk. Retrieved 28 January 2008.
- ^ "Morris Gleitzman". Talking Heads. ABC. 27 July 2009. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
- ^ "Blabber Mouth". www.kirkusreviews.com. Kirkus Media LLC. 1 May 1995. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
- ^ "Once". www.kirkusreviews.com. Kirkus Media LLC. 15 March 2010. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
- ^ "Then". www.kirkusreviews.com. Kirkus Media LLC. 1 April 2011. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
- ^ "Now". www.kirkusreviews.com. Kirkus Media LLC. 28 March 2012. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
- ^ "Snot Chocolate". www.penguin.com.au. Penguin Group (Australia). 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
- ^ Book of the Year – Winners 2016, Children's Book Council of Australia
