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About Markus Zusak
Australian-German writer
Markus Zusak is an Australian-German writer best known for the novels The Book Thief and The Messenger. His work has reached a wide international readership, and he won the Margaret Edwards Award in 2014. He is known above all for those two novels, which became international bestsellers. His writing is associated with fiction that has travelled well beyond his home audience.
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- “After finishing 1st draft of a novel, I have the characters, dialogue, scenes, and a plotline. I used to thin…”Edward Fahey
- “...he spent whole days and nights over his books”and thus with little sleeping and much reading his brains dried up to such a degree that he lost the use of his reason.
- “I've never been willing to commit to more than one at a time, because I just don't know - I don't plan the bo…”Diana Gabaldon
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Books by Markus Zusak
The Book Thief
2013
I Am the Messenger
2009
Bridge of Clay
2018
Getting the Girl
2013
Fighting Ruben Wolfe
2002