Morris Gleitzman is an English

England

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-born Australian writer

Writer

A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....

. He is one of Australia's most successful writers.

Morris Gleitzman has also gained recognition for sparking an interest in politically-controversial children's books like Two Weeks with the Queen.

He has collaborated on children's series with another Australian children's author, Paul Jennings

Paul Jennings (Australian author)

Paul Jennings AM is an English-born Australian children's book writer. His books mainly feature short stories that lead the reader through an unusual series of events that end with a twist.-Biography:...

. Gleitzman has also published three collections of his newspaper columns for The Age

The Age

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 and The Sydney Morning Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald is a daily broadsheet newspaper published by Fairfax Media in Sydney, Australia. Founded in 1831 as the Sydney Herald, the SMH is the oldest continuously published newspaper in Australia. The newspaper is published six days a week. The newspaper's Sunday counterpart, The...

 into books for an adult readership. He used to write for the popular Norman Gunston

Norman Gunston

Norman Gunston was a satirical TV character performed by Australian actor and comedian Garry McDonald. Norman Gunston was primarily well known in his native Australia, and to a lesser extent, the United States during the mid to late 1970s.- Early years :...

 Show in the 1970s. , his latest book is Grace which was released in Australia on 1 August 2009. His most successful books/trilogy are the Toad series. Morris Gleitzman doesn't write from personal experience because he thinks that in a person's imagination, a person can do things he cannot do in real life. Morris Gleitzman has only read the first book of Harry Potter. He has written 32 books as of 24 May 2011.

Awards And Prizes

• 1993
  • Bilby Award (Blabber Mouth)
• 1993
  • CROW Award (Blabber Mouth)
• 1994
  • CROW Award (Sticky Beak)
• 1997
  • COOL Award (Belly Flop)
• 1998
  • Bilby Award (Bumface)
  • COOL Award (Bumface)
  • KOALA Award (Bumface)
  • YABBA Award (Bumface) * 2001
  • YABBA Award: Older Readers (Toad Rage)
• 2008
  • ANTO Cole Award (Toad Rage)

Published works

• Puppy Fat
• Worry Warts
• Blabber Mouth
• Misery Guts
  Misery Guts
  Misery Guts was an Australian children's television series on the Nine Network Australia that first screened in 1998. The series is based on the book by Morris Gleitzman.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• Belly Flop
• Water Wings
• Two Weeks With The Queen
  Two Weeks with the Queen
  Two Weeks With The Queen is a 1990 novel by an Australian author Morris Gleitzman about a 12-year-old Australian boy, Colin MudfordMain characters:ColinTedAlistair- Notability :...
  
  
• Wicked, novel series with Paul Jennings
  Paul Jennings (Australian author)
  Paul Jennings AM is an English-born Australian children's book writer. His books mainly feature short stories that lead the reader through an unusual series of events that end with a twist.-Biography:...
  
  
• Second Childhood
• The Other Facts of Life
• Sticky Beak
  Sticky Beak
  Sticky Beak is a children's novel first published in 1993. Written by English-born Australian writer Morris Gleitzman, it is the sequel to Blabber Mouth. The novel is set in Australia and follows the misadventures of a mute Australian girl called Rowena Batts...
  
  
• Gift of the Gab
• Bumface
  Bumface
  Bumface is a children's novel written by Morris Gleitzman for readers age 10-12. It has won several awards and is regularly named in polls as a favourite book of Australian children.-Awards:*1999 Bilby Award*1999 COOL award...
  
   
• Toad Rage
• Deadly, novel series with Paul Jennings
  Paul Jennings (Australian author)
  Paul Jennings AM is an English-born Australian children's book writer. His books mainly feature short stories that lead the reader through an unusual series of events that end with a twist.-Biography:...
  
  
• Adults Only
• Toad Heaven
• Worm Story
• Boy Overboard
• Teacher's Pet
• Toad Away
• Girl Underground
• Worm Story
• Once
  Once (novel)
  Once is a 2005 children's novel by Morris Gleitzman. It is about a Jewish boy named Felix, who lived in Poland. Although Once is a work of fiction, Gleitzman was inspired by the events of World War II and Hitler's attempt to destroy the Jewish population of Europe...
  
   (2005) (PART ONE)
• Then (2007) (PART TWO)
• Aristotle's Nostril
• Doubting Thomas (2007)
• Give Peas A Chance
• Grace (2009)
• Toad Surprise
• Too small to Fail
• Now (2010) (PART THREE)
• After (2011 or 2012 - not yet decided) (PART FOUR)

External links

• Official Home page
• Puffin Home Page