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Sophie Masson | |
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| Born | 18 May 1959 Jakarta, Indonesia |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Period | 1990–present |
| Genre | Short Story, Young Adult, Fantasy, Adult. |
Sophie Masson AM is a French-Australian fantasy and children's author.
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Sophie Masson | |
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| Born | 18 May 1959 Jakarta, Indonesia |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Period | 1990–present |
| Genre | Short Story, Young Adult, Fantasy, Adult. |
Sophie Masson AM is a French-Australian fantasy and children's author.
Sophie Masson was born in Indonesia of French parents who are of mixed ancestry (French, Basque, Spanish and Portuguese). [1] Masson, the third in a family of seven children, came to Australia at the age of five and spent most of the rest of her childhood shuttling back and forth between Australia and France. [2]
Her first two novels, one for adults entitled The House in the Rainforest; the second, for children, called Fire in the Sky, were published in Australia in 1990. Having written forty books, for children, young adults and adults, she is now published in the UK, United States, Thailand, France, Indonesia, Poland, Turkey, China, Korea and Germany as well as Australia.[ citation needed ] Many of her novels are in the fantasy genre, but she has also written realistic fiction, as well as crime, mystery and romance. She has also had many short stories, essays, articles and reviews published, in books, magazines, newspapers and internet journals.
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*Two Trickster Tales from Russia( ill. by David Allan, 2013)
*Two Rainbows (ill. by Michael McMahon, 2017)
*Building Site Zoo (ill. by Laura Wood, 2017)
*Once Upon An ABC (ill. by Christopher Nielsen, 2017)
*See Monkey(ill. by Kathy Creamer, 2018)
*Join the Armidale Parade (ill. by Kathy Creamer, 2019)
*There's A Tiger Out There (ill. by Ruth Waters, 2019)
*On My Way (ill. by Simon Howe, 2019)
*The Snowman's Wish (ill. by Ronak Taher, 2020)
*Santagram (ill. by Shiloh Gordon, 2020)
*A House of Mud (ill. by Katrina Fisher, 2020)
*Cock-a-doodle-doo (ill by Kathy Creamer, 2022)
*Satin (ill. by Lorena Carrington, 2023)
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Her Thomas Trew series for children is set in the Hidden Land, a fantasy world of several realms, each dominated by a particular type of mythical being: Middler Land, a mixed collection of magic-using villagers including pixies and werefoxes; Pandemonium, the realm of the brutish Uncouthers; Arkadia, populated by beings from Greek mythology; Montaynard country, land of dwarves and trolls; Oceanopolis, where selkies and mermaids live; Seraphimia in the sky, home of the winged ariels; and the Island of Ghosts, ruled by Mister D, the lord of death.
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