Melina Marchetta

Melina Marchetta is one of Australia's most successful writers of young-adult fiction and is a best-selling and critically acclaimed author in more than twenty countries and in eighteen languages. In 2009 Marchetta won the prestigious Michael L. Printz Award from the American Library Association for On the Jellicoe Road, and Melina's screenplay for this book is currently set to be made into a major film with an international cast to be directed by Looking for Alibrandi director Kate Woods. Melina is also developing a television series with writer/director Cathy Randall (Hey Hey It's Esther Blueburger) and is a writer for ABC-TV's Dance Academy. Finnikin of the Rock, Book One of the Lumatere Chronicles, was first published in Australia in 2008, followed in 2010 by the companion novel to her award-winning book Saving Francesca, The Piper's Son, long-listed for the Miles Franklin Award and short-listed for many other literary awards in Australia and internationally. Melina is also the author of The Gorgon in the Gully, which takes up the story of On the Jellicoe Road's Jonah Griggs's family, and stars his younger brother Danny in this story for younger readers. Book Two in the Lumatere Chronicles, Froi of the Exiles, was published in 2011, and Book Three, Quintana of Charyn, was published in 2012. 2012 also marked the twenty-year anniversary of Melina Marchetta's first novel Looking for Alibrandi, the much-loved Australian classic, which was made into a major motion picture and has sold more than half a million copies in Australia.

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Awards

3M Talking Book Award-NSW

Winner in 1993 for Looking For Alibrandi (Talking Book)

Winner in 1993 for Looking for Alibrandi Tie-in (Talking Book)

Aurealis Award

Winner in 2008 for Finnikin of the Rock (Young Adult Division)

Aust Multicultural Children's BOTY Award

Winner in 1993 for Looking For Alibrandi (Miscellaneous)

Winner in 1993 for Looking for Alibrandi Tie-in (Miscellaneous)

Australian Book Industry Awards

Winner in 2009 for Finnikin of the Rock (Older Readers)

Short-listed in 2007 for On the Jellicoe Road (Older Children (8-14))

Books I Love Best Yearly (BILBY)-QLD

Winner in 2000 for Looking For Alibrandi (Older Readers)

Winner in 2000 for Looking for Alibrandi Tie-in (Older Readers)

Winner in 1995 for Looking For Alibrandi (Prize for Writing for Young Adults)

Winner in 1995 for Looking for Alibrandi Tie-in (Prize for Writing for Young Adults)

Short-listed in 1994 for Looking For Alibrandi (Prize for Writing for Young Adults)

Short-listed in 1994 for Looking for Alibrandi Tie-in (Prize for Writing for Young Adults)

Short-listed in 1993 for Looking For Alibrandi (Prize for Writing for Young Adults)

Short-listed in 1993 for Looking for Alibrandi Tie-in (Prize for Writing for Young Adults)

Bulletin Blue Ribbon

Long-listed in 2004 for Saving Francesca (Prize for Writing for Young Adults)

CBC Book of the Year

Short-listed in 2011 for Piper's Son (Older Readers)

Notable Book in 2011 for Piper's Son (Older Readers)

Winner in 2004 for Saving Francesca (Older Readers)

Winner in 1993 for Looking For Alibrandi (Prize for Writing for Young Adults)

Winner in 1993 for Looking for Alibrandi Tie-in (Prize for Writing for Young Adults)

CBCA Book of the Year

Short-listed in 2009 for Finnikin of the Rock (Older Readers)

Children's Peace Lit Award (PEACE)

Short-listed in 1993 for Looking For Alibrandi (Prize for Writing for Young Adults)

Short-listed in 1993 for Looking for Alibrandi Tie-in (Prize for Writing for Young Adults)

COOL Award

Short-listed in 2004 for Saving Francesca (Older Readers)

CROW Award

Short-listed in 1994 for Looking For Alibrandi (Prize for Writing for Young Adults)

Short-listed in 1994 for Looking for Alibrandi Tie-in (Prize for Writing for Young Adults)

Dymock's Children's Choice Awards

Long-listed in 2000 for Looking For Alibrandi (Prize for Writing for Young Adults)

Long-listed in 2000 for Looking for Alibrandi Tie-in (Prize for Writing for Young Adults)

Fairlight Talking Book of the Year NSW

Winner in 2000 for Looking For Alibrandi (Best Book)

Winner in 2000 for Looking for Alibrandi Tie-in (Best Book)

Family Award for Children's Books

Long-listed in 2004 for Saving Francesca (Older Readers)

Inkys

Long-listed in 2010 for Piper's Son (Golden Inky)

Kids Own Aust Literature Award (KOALA)

Short-listed in 2004 for Saving Francesca (Older Readers)

Winner in 1993 for Looking For Alibrandi (Prize for Writing for Young Adults)

Winner in 1993 for Looking for Alibrandi Tie-in (Prize for Writing for Young Adults)

KROC Award

Short-listed in 1993 for Looking For Alibrandi (Prize for Writing for Young Adults)

Short-listed in 1993 for Looking for Alibrandi Tie-in (Prize for Writing for Young Adults)

Michael L. Printz Award (US)

Winner in 2009 for On the Jellicoe Road (Young Adult Book Award)

Miscelleneous Award

Short-listed in 1996 for Looking For Alibrandi (Prize for Writing for Young Adults)

Short-listed in 1996 for Looking for Alibrandi Tie-in (Prize for Writing for Young Adults)

New South Wales State Literary Award

Winner in 2000 for Looking For Alibrandi (Prize for Writing for Young Adults)

Winner in 2000 for Looking for Alibrandi Tie-in (Prize for Writing for Young Adults)

Short-listed in 1993 for Looking For Alibrandi (Children's Book)

Short-listed in 1993 for Looking For Alibrandi (Prize for Writing for Young Adults)

Short-listed in 1993 for Looking for Alibrandi Tie-in (Children's Book)

Short-listed in 1993 for Looking for Alibrandi Tie-in (Prize for Writing for Young Adults)

NSW Family Therapy Association Award

Commended in 1992 for Looking For Alibrandi (Prize for Writing for Young Adults)

Commended in 1992 for Looking for Alibrandi Tie-in (Prize for Writing for Young Adults)

NSW Premier's Literary Awards

Short-listed in 2011 for Piper's Son (Ethel Turner Award)

Parent's Choice Gold Award

Winner in 2004 for Saving Francesca (Prize for Writing for Young Adults)

Prime Minister's Literary Award

Short-listed in 2011 for Piper's Son (Young Adult Fiction)

Qld Premier's Literary Award

Short-listed in 2010 for Piper's Son (Young Adult Book Award)

Short-listed in 2009 for On the Jellicoe Road (Young Adult Book Award)

Short-listed in 2007 for On the Jellicoe Road (Young Adult Division)

S.A. Festival Award for Literature

Short-listed in 2004 for Saving Francesca (Young Adult Division)

Short-listed in 1994 for Looking For Alibrandi (Children's Book)

Short-listed in 1994 for Looking for Alibrandi Tie-in (Children's Book)

The Miles Franklin Literary Award

Long-listed in 2011 for Piper's Son (Fiction)

W.A. Premier's Book Award

Short-listed in 2008 for Finnikin of the Rock (Young Adult Book Award)

W.A. Young Readers Book Award (WAYRA)

Winner in 2008 for On the Jellicoe Road (Older Readers)

Winner in 2004 for Saving Francesca (Older Readers)

Winner in 1994 for Looking For Alibrandi (Prize for Writing for Young Adults)

Winner in 1994 for Looking for Alibrandi Tie-in (Prize for Writing for Young Adults)

W.A. Young Readers' Book Awards

Short-listed in 2011 for Piper's Son (Older Readers)

Young Aust Best Book Award (YABBA)

Short-listed in 2004 for Saving Francesca (Older Readers)

Short-listed in 2001 for Looking For Alibrandi (Older Readers)

Short-listed in 2001 for Looking for Alibrandi Tie-in (Older Readers)

Short-listed in 1994 for Looking For Alibrandi (Prize for Writing for Young Adults)

Short-listed in 1994 for Looking for Alibrandi Tie-in (Prize for Writing for Young Adults)

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