Morris Gleitzman
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Morris Gleitzman | |
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.jpg) Gleitzman in 2011 | |
| Born | 9 January 1953 Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Alma mater | University of Canberra |
| 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 Australian author of children's and young adult fiction.[1] He has gained recognition for sparking an interest in AIDS in his novel Two Weeks with the Queen (1990).
He has co-written many children's series with another Australian children's author, Paul Jennings. One of Gleitzman and Jennings' collaborations, the Wicked! book series, was adapted into an animated series in 2000.
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. His latest book in the Once series, Always, was released in 2021.[2] He is also known for his Toad series of books.[3]
In February 2018, Gleitzman was named the Australian Children's Laureate for 2018/2019.[4]
Early life
[edit | edit source]Gleitzman was born in the town of Sleaford, Lincolnshire, on 9 January 1953. He has one brother and one sister. His dad, Phillip Gleitzman, is an auditor, and his mother, Pamela, was a Bates[clarification needed] employee.
He attended Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School in Bexley, England.[5]
In 1969, when Gleitzman was 16, he and his family moved to Sydney. In Australia he got a job as a paperboy, bottle-shop shelf-stacker, store Santa Claus, frozen chicken defroster, fashion-design assistant and sugar-mill employee. He attended the University of Canberra.[1][6]
After university Gleitzman worked for ten years as a screenwriter.[7] During these years he wrote, among other things, material for the Norman Gunston album Nylon Degrees.
Bibliography
[edit | edit source]| Year | Title | Imprint | ISBN | Notes |
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| 1987 | The Other Facts of Life | Penguin Books | Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). | First novel, adapted from screen play |
| 1989 | Two Weeks with the Queen | Pan Books | Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). | |
| 1990 | Second childhood | McPhee Gribble/Penguin | Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). | |
| 1991 | Misery Guts | Pan Australia | Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). | |
| 1992 | Worry Warts | Piper Australia | Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). | Sequel to Misery Guts. |
| 1993 | Blabber Mouth | Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). | Adapted into a play of the same name by Mary Morris in 1996. | |
| 1994 | Sticky Beak | Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). | Sequel to Blabber Mouth. | |
| 1995 | Puppy Fat | Piper | Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). | Sequel to Misery Guts and Worry Warts. |
| 1996 | Belly Flop | Pan Books | Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). | |
| 1997 | Water Wings | Pan Macmillan Australia | Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). | Loose sequel to Belly Flop. |
| 1998 | Bumface | Puffin Books | Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). | |
| Wicked! | Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). | Co-written with Paul Jennings. | ||
| 1999 | Gift of the Gab | Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). | Sequel to Blabber Mouth and Sticky Beak. | |
| 2000 | Toad Rage | Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). | ||
| Self Helpless: 57 Pieces of Crucial Advice for People Who Need a Bit More Time to Get It Right | Penguin | Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). | ||
| 2001 | Adults Only | Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). | ||
| Deadly! | Puffin Books | Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). | Co-written with Paul Jennings. | |
| Toad Heaven | Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). | Sequel to Toad Rage. | ||
| 2002 | Boy Overboard | Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). | ||
| 2003 | Teacher's Pet | Penguin Books | Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). | |
| Toad Away | Puffin Books | Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). | Sequel to Toad Rage and Toad Heaven. | |
| 2004 | Worm Story | Penguin Books | Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). | |
| Girl Underground | Puffin Books | Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). | Sequel to Boy Overboard. | |
| 2005 | Once | Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). | "...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."[8] | |
| 2006 | Aristotle's Nostril | Penguin Books | Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). | |
| Doubting Thomas | Puffin Books | Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). | ||
| 2007 | Give Peas a Chance | Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). | 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 | Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). | Sequel to Toad Rage, Toad Heaven and Toad Away. | |
| Then | Penguin | Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). | Sequel to Once.[9] | |
| 2009 | Grace | Viking | Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). | |
| 2010 | Now | Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). | 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."[10] | |
| Tickled Onions and Other Funny Stories | Puffin Books | Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). | Collection of short stories. Contains some stories from Give Peas a Chance. | |
| 2011 | Too Small to Fail | Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). | ||
| Pizza Cake: And Other Funny Stories | Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). | Collection of short stories. Contains some stories from Tickled Onions. | ||
| 2012 | After | Penguin Books | Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). | Sequel to Once, Then and Now. |
| 2013 | Extra Time | Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). | ||
| 2014 | Loyal Creatures | Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). | ||
| 2015 | Soon | Viking | Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). | Sequel to Once, Then, Now and After. |
| 2016 | Toad Delight | Penguin Random House | Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). | Sequel to Toad Rage, Toad Heaven, Toad Away and Toad Surprise. |
| Snot Chocolate | Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). | Collection of short stories. | ||
| 2017 | Maybe | Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). | Sequel to Once, Then, Now, After and Soon | |
| 2018 | Funny Stories: and Other Funny Stories | Puffin Books | Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). | Collection of short stories. Contains all stories from Give Peas A Chance, Pizza Cake and Snot Chocolate, plus one new story. |
| Help Around the House | Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). | |||
| 2021 | Always | Viking | Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). | Sequel to Once, Then, Now, After, Soon and Maybe. |
| 2023 | Digging Up Dad: And Other Hopeful (and Funny) Stories | Penguin Random House | Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). | Collection of short stories. |
| 2024 | Tweet | Penguin Random House | Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). |
Awards
[edit | edit source]- 1993
- BILBY Award (Blabber Mouth)[1]
- CROW Award (Blabber Mouth)[1]
- 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]
- 2013
- COOL Award (Pizza Cake)[11]
- 2016
- Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year: Younger Readers (Soon)[12]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b c d e f g h i Morris Gleitzman, AustLit
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- ^ Morris Gleitzman, Toad series, Random House. Retrieved 28 January 2008.
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- ^ Book of the Year – Winners 2016, Children's Book Council of Australia
External links
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Categories:
- Australian children's writers
- Jewish Australian writers
- Writers about the Holocaust
- University of Canberra alumni
- People educated at Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School
- Australian people of Polish-Jewish descent
- English emigrants to Australia
- English people of Polish-Jewish descent
- People from Sleaford, Lincolnshire
- 1953 births
- Living people
- Australian Children's Laureate