Aussie Author Awesomeness
Hi all! We hope that you have had a fantastic Australia Day (even our international friends), and we thought it was best to celebrate by sharing some of our favourite Aussie authors.
There are plenty of amazing Australian authors, and here are just a few… and remember, you can celebrate the awesomeness of their books any day of the year. So treat yourself, grab a book by an Australian author and enjoy.
(Most author images are from author bio’s on Goodreads. Not all books by each author is listed)
Melina Marchetta
Books:
Finnikin of the Rock (Lumatere Chronicles, #1)
Froi of the Exiles (Lumatere Chronicles, #2)
Quintana of Charyn (Lumatere Chronicles, #3)
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Jessica Shirvington
Books:
Embrace (The Violet Eden Chapters, #1)
Enticed (The Violet Eden Chapters, #2)
Emblaze (The Violet Eden Chapters, #3)
Endless (The Violet Eden Chapters, #4)
Empower (The Violet Eden Chapters, #5)
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Michael Adams
Books:
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Ingrid Jonach
Books:
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Sarah Ayoub
Books:
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Markus Zusak
Books:
Fighting Ruben Wolfe (Wolfe Brothers, #2)
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Cath Crowley
Books:
The Life and Times of Gracie Faltrain (Gracie Faltrain, #1)
Gracie Faltrain Takes Control (Gracie Faltrain, #2)
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Lucy Christopher
Books:
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*Note, Lucy Christopher was born overseas, but grew up in Australia, so I am classifying her as an Aussie!
John Marsden
Books:
Tomorrow, When the War Began (Tomorrow, #1)
So Much to Tell You (So Much to Tell You, #1)
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Alexandra Adornetto
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Max Barry
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Let us know who your favourite Aussie author is, or your favourite Aussie book!
What do you think?
I love Melina Marchetta and Jessica Shirvington. I also love Paula Weston. Both Shadows and Haze were 5 stars for me and I’m desperately waiting for book 3 Shimmer. I also love The Interrogation of Ashala Wolf and The Disappearance of Ember Crow by Ambelin Kwaymullina, both 5 stars. I just discovered Kaz Delaney with her second book for teens Almost Dead, a hilarious paranormal romance, and Tara Eglington with her hilarious YA contemporary How To Keep a Boy From Kissing You.
We have some really amazing authors in the country.
Some great authors and titles right there!! We really do have so many wonderful authors in Australia. No wonder Aussie YA is becoming more and more popular worldwide!
Melissa recently posted…It’s Kind Of A Funny Story - Ned Vizzini
Ohhh I’ve been looking for more aussie authors to read. There’s a few on her I’d already heard of, some of which I didn’t even know where Australian! And there’s some new to me authors on her as well… I’ll have to look into them more methinks :)
Absolutely! We make a real effort to celebrate Australian authors as much as possible here. I’d like to read more Aussie YA in 2014 personally!
Melissa recently posted…It’s Kind Of A Funny Story - Ned Vizzini
Yay for Aussie Author pride! You’ve picked all awesome ones here including Jessica Shirvington, Melina Marchetta and I’m so glad you included some new ones too like Michael Adams.
Jeann @ Happy Indulgence
Hi Jeann
So sorry for the delayed reply. There are some fantastic Aussie authors - both established and new - I wish I could have included them all :)
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Yay Aussie authors!
I also like Kate McCaffrey, she writes some wonderful books; Destroying Avalon, In Ecstasy, Beautiful Monster. Sue Lawson is another great one; Pan’s Whisper was great.
It’s always nice to find more aussie authors!
Thanks for Aussie author recommendations Caitlin! I must admit I haven’t read any of those authors yet - but I will put them on my list :)
Kristy recently posted…W..W..W.. Wednesdays
Hello! Happy Australia Day! So glad to stumble upon more Aussie bloggers, and yay for sharing our awesome authors to the rest of the blogosphere. Currently I’m loving Tara Eglington and her books as a light summer read.
Joy x
Hi Joy!
Sorry for the delayed response. We certainly have some amazing authors here, so we are more than happy to share them :) I have heard good things about Tara Eglington’s books - they are on my TBR pile :)
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