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John Marsden was born on the 27th of September, 1950 in Victoria Australia. Some of the books he has written are:   · So Much to Tell You... – 1987 · Out of Time – 1990 · Letters from the Inside – 1991 · Take My Word for It – 1992 · Everything I Know About Writing – 1993 · Checkers – 1996 · Dear Miffy – 1997 · Winter – 2000 · The Rabbits – 1998 · Hamlet – 2008 // The Tomorrow Series: // · Tomorrow, When the War Began - 1993 · The Dead of the Night – 1994 · The Third Day, the Frost - 1995 · Darkness, Be My Friend – 1996 <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· Burning for Revenge – 1997 <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· The Night is for Hunting – 1998 <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· The Other Side of Dawn – 1999 // The Ellie Chronicles: // <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· While I Live – 2003 <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· Incurable – 2005 <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">·  Circle of Flight – 2006 John Marsden is an Australian author and went to many different Primary Schools. The first book that John wrote and was published in 1987 was ‘So Much to Tell You...’. When John was 10, his family moved from Victoria to Sydney. John is third born in a family of four children. Before becoming an author, John was a teacher and still is. He even has his own school. First, John was a sport teacher and then an English teacher. John has written or edited around 40 books including ‘The Rabbits’, ‘Secret Men’s Business’, The Tomorrow Series and the Ellie Chronicles. In just Australia, John has sold around 2 and a half million books. John is still involved in education and goes to schools mostly to give talks or to run workshops, but also does full-time teaching some years. John is aged 56 now and is thinking that with the help of actors, film directors and other people you need to make a movie that there will be a ‘Tomorrow, When the War Began’ movie coming out soon. The Tomorrow Series is recognised as the most popular book series for young adults in Australia ever written. John recently won the Lloyd O’Neill Award, becoming only one of five authors to be honoured lifelong services to the Australian Book Industry. John’s book, ‘So Much to Tell You...’ won the book of the year for young adults in 1988. John Marsden chooses to write books for kids and young adults because when he was an English teacher he found it frustrating that the students weren’t reading. The stories he writes are to be interesting for the kids and young adults but adults can read them too. Many of his books are written in a journal format in the first person. John uses words that a kid or a young adult would use. John focuses on emotions and personal change and often writes from a female point of view. When John writes, he doesn’t use too many adjectives and tries to ‘show, don’t tell’ in his writing style. Most of the settings in his books are real places. Resources: <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· [] <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· [] <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· [] <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· [|www.angelfire.com/home/johnmarsed/essay.html] <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· [|www.abc.net.au/dimensions/dimensions_in_time/Transcripts/5865346.htm] <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· Book – ‘So Much to Tell You’
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