Markus Zusak

3.5 of 5 Votes: 1

url

https://booksminority.net/markus-zusak

gender

male

website

www.ZusakBooks.tumblr.com

genres

Historical Fiction

About this author

Markus Zusak is an Australian young-adult fiction writer, who was born in Sydney in 1975. He studied History and English at the University of New South Wales. His parents took part in the World War II and told him everything about that time. Markus was very inspired by all stories, so this helped him to write a real bestseller The Book Thief. Two real stories about strafing of Munich and Jewish march around the streets from his mother p... morerovided the basis for some episodes in this book.
Markus always liked reading and began writing being a teenager. His first novel The Underdog was publishedin 1999, then Fighting Ruben Wolfe and When Dogs Cry in 2001 and 2002 respectively. The fifth novel The Book Thief was publishedall over the world since 2005, received a Printz Honor and was screened in 2013.In 2014 he’s won the Margaret Edwards Award.
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Books by Markus Zusak

The Book Thief (2004)

language

English

3.22 of 5 Votes: 9

The Book Thief is the fifth novel, written by Australian writer Markus Zusak. The book received a Printz Honor and was filmed. Liesel Meminger – a nine-year-old girl is the main character of the book. She is adopted by Hubermann family, who lives in a small German town. Hans Hubermann, the fathe...

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