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Melina Marchetta
AuthorBooks · Second handSince 1965
Carmelina Marchetta is an Australian writer and teacher. Marchetta is best known as the author of teen novels, Looking for Alibrandi, Saving Francesca and On the Jellicoe Road. She has twice been awarded the CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award: Older Readers, in 1993 and 2004. For Jellicoe Road she won the 2009 Michael L. Printz Award from the American Library Association, recognizing the year's best book for young adults.
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About Melina Marchetta
Birth
1965
First book
1992
Years writing
34
Carmelina Marchetta is an Australian writer and teacher. Marchetta is best known as the author of teen novels, Looking for Alibrandi, Saving Francesca and On the Jellicoe Road. She has twice been awarded the CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award: Older Readers, in 1993 and 2004. For Jellicoe Road she won the 2009 Michael L. Printz Award from the American Library Association, recognizing the year's best book for young adults.
Melina Marchetta was born in Sydney and is one of the most prominent voices in Australian young adult literature.
Her professional career combines writing novels with her work as a screenwriter and teacher.
She is the author of 27 works that span genres as diverse as fantasy, science fiction, and realism.
Her book Looking for Alibrandi has become an essential reference in contemporary narrative.
The author masterfully explores the complexities of adolescence through her acclaimed stories.
