Morris Gleitzman

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Morris Gleitzman
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Gleitzman in 2011
Born (1953-01-09) 9 January 1953 (age 72)
Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England
Occupation Novelist
NationalityAustralian
Alma mater University of Canberra
Notable worksThe 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).

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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

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

YearTitleImprintISBNNotes
1987The Other Facts of Life Penguin Books ISBN   014008410X First novel, adapted from screen play
1989 Two Weeks with the Queen Pan Books ISBN   0330271830
1990Second childhood McPhee Gribble/Penguin ISBN   014014465X
1991 Misery Guts Pan Australia ISBN   0330272314
1992Worry WartsPiper Australia ISBN   0330272462 Sequel to Misery Guts.
1993Blabber Mouth ISBN   0330273531 Adapted into a play of the same name by Mary Morris in 1996.
1994 Sticky Beak ISBN   0330274066 Sequel to Blabber Mouth.
1995Puppy FatPiper ISBN   0330342118 Sequel to Misery Guts and Worry Warts.
1996Belly Flop Pan Books ISBN   0330356844
1997Water Wings Pan Macmillan Australia ISBN   0330358863 Loose sequel to Belly Flop.
1998 Bumface Puffin Books ISBN   0140387978
Wicked! ISBN   0141300396 Co-written with Paul Jennings.
1999Gift of the Gab ISBN   0140387986 Sequel to Blabber Mouth and Sticky Beak.
2000 Toad Rage ISBN   0141306556
Self Helpless: 57 Pieces of Crucial Advice for People Who Need a Bit More Time to Get It Right Penguin ISBN   014029256X
2001Adults Only ISBN   0141308370
Deadly! Puffin Books ISBN   0143300245 Co-written with Paul Jennings.
Toad Heaven ISBN   014130880X Sequel to Toad Rage.
2002Boy Overboard ISBN   0141308389
2003Teacher's Pet Penguin Books ISBN   0140387994
Toad Away Puffin Books ISBN   0143300474 Sequel to Toad Rage and Toad Heaven.
2004Worm Story Penguin Books ISBN   0143301969
Girl Underground Puffin Books ISBN   0143300466 Sequel to Boy Overboard.
2005 Once ISBN   0143301950 "...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]
2006Aristotle's Nostril Penguin Books ISBN   0143301977
Doubting Thomas Puffin Books ISBN   9780143302612
2007Give Peas a Chance ISBN   9780141324111 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.

2008Toad Surprise ISBN   9780143304166 Sequel to Toad Rage, Toad Heaven and Toad Away.
Then Penguin ISBN   9780670072781 Sequel to Once. [9]
2009Grace Viking ISBN   0670073903
2010Now ISBN   9780670074372 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 ISBN   9780143305606 Collection of short stories. Contains some stories from Give Peas a Chance.
2011Too Small to Fail ISBN   9780143306429
Pizza Cake: And Other Funny Stories ISBN   9780143305989 Collection of short stories. Contains some stories from Tickled Onions.
2012After Penguin Books ISBN   9780670075447 Sequel to Once, Then and Now.
2013Extra Time ISBN   9780143307754
2014Loyal Creatures ISBN   9780670077427
2015Soon Viking ISBN   0670078875 Sequel to Once, Then, Now and After.
2016Toad Delight Penguin Random House ISBN   0143309234 Sequel to Toad Rage, Toad Heaven,Toad Away and Toad Surprise.
Snot Chocolate ISBN   9780143309222 Collection of short stories.
2017Maybe ISBN   9780670079377 Sequel to Once, Then, Now, After and Soon
2018Funny Stories: and Other Funny Stories Puffin Books ISBN   0143793381 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 ISBN   0143793233
2021Always Viking ISBN   9780143793243 Sequel to Once, Then, Now, After, Soon and Maybe.
2023Digging Up Dad: And Other Hopeful (and Funny) Stories Penguin Random House ISBN   9781760890940 Collection of short stories.
2024Tweet Penguin Random House ISBN   9781761343742

Awards

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Morris Gleitzman, AustLit
  2. "Maybe". Trove Books, National Library of Australia. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  3. Morris Gleitzman, Toad series, Random House. Retrieved 28 January 2008.
  4. Morris, Linda (12 February 2018). "Australia's new children's laureate Morris Gleitzman hopes to inspire children in dark, uncertain world". The Sydney Morning Herald . Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  5. "Morris Gleitzman on writing big stories for little people". Andrewleigh.com .
  6. "5 Minutes with Morris Gleitzman, Beloved Children's Author". University of Canberra. 2 May 2016.
  7. "Morris Gleitzman". Christopher Brenn Library.
  8. "Once review". kirkusreviews.com. Kirkus Media LLC. 15 March 2010. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  9. "Then review". kirkusreviews.com. Kirkus Media LLC. 1 April 2011. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  10. "Now review". kirkusreviews.com. Kirkus Media LLC. 28 March 2012. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  11. "COOL Awards 2013 winners announced". Books+Publishing. 25 November 2013. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
  12. Book of the Year – Winners 2016, Children's Book Council of Australia