Morris Gleitzman#Published work

{{Infobox writer

| name = Morris Gleitzman

| image = Morris Gleitzman at Ingleburn Library (6081386435).jpg

| caption = Gleitzman in 2011

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1953|1|9|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England

| nationality = Australian

| occupation = Novelist

| alma_mater = University of Canberra

| notableworks = The Toad series, The Once series, Two Weeks with the Queen

| website = {{URL|http://morrisgleitzman.com/}}

| signature = Morris Gleitzman signature.svg

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Morris Gleitzman (born 9 January 1953) is a British-born Australian author of children's and young adult fiction.[http://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A22100 Morris Gleitzman], AustLit He has gained recognition for sparking an interest in AIDS in his controversial novel Two Weeks with the Queen (1990).

Gleitzman has co-written many children's series with another Australian children's author, Paul Jennings. One of Gleitzman and Jennings' collaborations, the Wicked! book series, was adapted into an animated series in 2000.

Gleitzman has also published three collections of his newspaper columns for The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald as books for an adult readership, and he used to write for the popular Norman Gunston Show in the 1970s. His latest book in the Once series, Always, was released in 2021.{{cite web|title=Maybe|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/206103446|website=Trove Books, National Library of Australia|access-date=12 February 2018}} His is also known for his Toad series of books.[http://www.randomhouse.com/kids/catalog/author.pperl?authorid=56960 Morris Gleitzman, Toad series], Random House. Retrieved 28 January 2008.

In February 2018, Gleitzman was named the Australian Children's Laureate for 2018/2019.{{cite news|last1=Morris|first1=Linda|title=Australia's new children's laureate Morris Gleitzman hopes to inspire children in dark, uncertain world|url=http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/australias-new-childrens-laureate-morris-gleitzman-hopes-to-inspire-children-in-dark-uncertain-world-20180207-h0vr05.html|access-date=12 February 2018|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=12 February 2018}}

Early life

Morris was born in the town of Sleaford, Lincolnshire on 9 January 1953. He has one brother and one sister. His dad (Phillip) is an auditor, and his mum (Pamela) was a Bates employee.

Morris Gleitzman attended Chislehurst & Sidcup Grammar School in Bexley, England.{{cite web | url=https://www.andrewleigh.com/morris_gleitzman_tgl | title=Morris Gleitzman on writing big stories for little people | website=Andrewleigh.com }}

In 1969 when Morris was 16, he and his family moved to Sydney. In Australia he got a job as a paperboy, bottle-shop shelf-stacker, store Santa Claus, frozen chicken defroster, fashion-design assistant and sugar-mill employee.://www.morrisgleitzman.com/biographies.htm He went to The University of Canberra.https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A22100 !subscriber text! https://www.canberra.edu.au/uc-alumni-canvas/canvas-articles/posts/5-minutes-with...-morris-gleitzman,-beloved-childrens-author

Bibliography

After university Morris worked for ten years as a screenwriter. Then he had a wonderful experience, he wrote a novel for young people. Christopher brenn library https://library.riverview.nsw.edu.au/morrisgleitzman#:~:text=Biography%20%26%20Bibliography&text=After%20university%20Morris%20worked%20for,published%20more%20than%2035%20books.

=Books=

Year	Title	Imprint	ISBN	Notes
class="wikitable"
1987	The Other Facts of Life	Penguin Books	{{ISBN\|014008410X}}	First novel, adapted from screenplay.
1989	Two Weeks with the Queen	Pan Books	{{ISBN\|0330271830}}
1990	Second childhood	McPhee Gribble/Penguin	{{ISBN\|014014465X}}
1991	Misery Guts	Pan Australia	{{ISBN\|0330272314}}
1992	Worry Warts	rowspan="3" \| Piper Australia	{{ISBN\|0330272462}}	Sequel to Misery Guts.
1993	Blabber Mouth	{{ISBN\|0330273531}}	Adapted into a play of the same name by Mary Morris in 1996.
1994	Sticky Beak	{{ISBN\|0330274066}}	Sequel to Blabber Mouth.
1995	Puppy Fat	Piper	{{ISBN\|0330342118}}	Sequel to Misery Guts and Worry Warts.
1996	Belly Flop	Pan Books	{{ISBN\|0330356844}}
1997	Water Wings	Pan Macmillan Australia	{{ISBN\|0330358863}}	Loose sequel to Belly Flop.
rowspan="2"\|1998	Bumface	rowspan="4" \| Puffin Books	{{ISBN\|0140387978}}
Wicked!	{{ISBN\|0141300396}}	Co-written with Paul Jennings.
1999	Gift of the Gab	{{ISBN\|0140387986}}	Sequel to Blabber Mouth and Sticky Beak.
rowspan="2"\|2000	Toad Rage	{{ISBN\|0141306556}}
Self Helpless: 57 Pieces of Crucial Advice for People Who Need a Bit More Time to Get It Right	rowspan="2"\| Penguin	{{ISBN\|014029256X}}
rowspan="3"\|2001	Adults Only	{{ISBN\|0141308370}}
Deadly!	rowspan="3"\|Puffin Books	{{ISBN\|0143300245}}	Co-written with Paul Jennings.
Toad Heaven	{{ISBN\|014130880X}}	Sequel to Toad Rage.
2002	Boy Overboard	{{ISBN\|0141308389}}
rowspan="2" \| 2003	Teacher's Pet	Penguin Books	{{ISBN\|0140387994}}
Toad Away	Puffin Books	{{ISBN\|0143300474}}	Sequel to Toad Rage and Toad Heaven.
rowspan="2"\|2004	Worm Story	Penguin Books	{{ISBN\|0143301969}}
Girl Underground	rowspan="2"\|Puffin Books	{{ISBN\|0143300466}}	Sequel to Boy Overboard.
2005	Once	{{ISBN\|0143301950}}	"...Gleitzman delivers a sharp sense of what it must have been like to be a child during the Holocaust, forced to grow up far too quickly."{{cite web \|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/morris-gleitzman/once/ \|website=kirkusreviews.com \|title=Once review\|date=15 March 2010 \| publisher=Kirkus Media LLC \|access-date=23 July 2015 }}
rowspan="2"\| 2006	Aristotle's Nostril	Penguin Books	{{ISBN\|0143301977}}
\| Doubting Thomas	rowspan="3" \| Puffin Books	{{ISBN\|9780143302612}}
\| 2007	Give Peas a Chance	{{ISBN\|9780141324111}}	Collection of short stories. Features characters from Misery Guts, Blabber Mouth, Second Childhood, Belly Flop, Adults Only, Teacher's Pet, Worm Story and Aristotle's Nostril.
rowspan="2"\| 2008	Toad Surprise	{{ISBN\|9780143304166}}	Sequel to Toad Rage, Toad Heaven and Toad Away.
Then	Penguin	{{ISBN\|9780670072781}}	Sequel to Once.{{cite web \|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/morris-gleitzman/then/ \|website=kirkusreviews.com \|title=Then review\|date=1 April 2011 \| publisher=Kirkus Media LLC \|access-date=23 July 2015 }}
2009	Grace	rowspan="2"\|Viking	{{ISBN\|0670073903}}
rowspan="2"\|2010	Now	{{ISBN\|9780670074372}}	Sequel to Once and Then "Readers of the first two books will recognize a great deal, and those who have not should read them to gain a fuller picture of the years before and those in which we live."{{cite web \|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/morris-gleitzman/now-gleitzman/ \|website=kirkusreviews.com \|title=Now review\|date=28 March 2012 \| publisher=Kirkus Media LLC \|access-date=23 July 2015 }}
Tickled Onions and Other Funny Stories	rowspan="3"\|Puffin Books	{{ISBN\|9780143305606}}	Collection of short stories. Contains some stories from Give Peas a Chance.
rowspan="2"\|2011	Too Small to Fail	{{ISBN\|9780143306429}}
Pizza Cake: And Other Funny Stories	{{ISBN\|9780143305989}}	Collection of short stories. Contains some stories from Tickled Onions.
2012	After	rowspan="3"\| Penguin Books	{{ISBN\|9780670075447}}	Sequel to Once, Then and Now.
2013	Extra Time	{{ISBN\|9780143307754}}
2014	Loyal Creatures	{{ISBN\|9780670077427}}
2015	Soon	Viking	{{ISBN\|0670078875}}	Sequel to Once, Then, Now and After.
rowspan="2"\|2016	Toad Delight	rowspan="3"\| Penguin Random House	{{ISBN\|0143309234}}	Sequel to Toad Rage, Toad Heaven, Toad Away and Toad Surprise.
Snot Chocolate	{{ISBN\|9780143309222}}	Collection of short stories.
2017	Maybe	{{ISBN\|9780670079377}}	Sequel to Once, Then, Now, After and Soon
rowspan="2"\|2018	Funny Stories: and Other Funny Stories	rowspan="2"\| Puffin Books	{{ISBN\|0143793381}}	Collection of short stories. Contains all stories from Give Peas A Chance, Pizza Cake and Snot Chocolate, plus one new story.
Help Around the House	{{ISBN\|0143793233}}
2021	Always	Viking	{{ISBN\|9780143793243}}	Sequel to Once, Then, Now, After, Soon and Maybe.
2023	Digging Up Dad: And Other Hopeful (and Funny) Stories	Penguin Random House	{{ISBN\|9781760890940}}	Collection of short stories.
2024	Tweet	Penguin Random House	{{ISBN\|9781761343742}}

Awards

1993
BILBY Award (Blabber Mouth)
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)
2013
COOL Award (Pizza Cake){{Cite web|date=2013-11-25|title=COOL Awards 2013 winners announced|url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2013/11/25/28898/cool-awards-2013-winners-announced/|access-date=2021-09-02|website=Books+Publishing}}
2016
Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year: Younger Readers (Soon)[http://cbca.org.au/winners-2016 Book of the Year – Winners 2016], Children's Book Council of Australia

References

External links

{{Official website|http://www.morrisgleitzman.com/}}
[http://www.puffin.com.au/contributors/727/morris-gleitzman Morris Gleitzman], Puffin Books

Category:Australian children's writers

Category:Jewish Australian writers

Category:Writers about the Holocaust

Category:University of Canberra alumni

Category:People educated at Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School

Category:Australian people of Polish-Jewish descent

Category:English emigrants to Australia

Category:English people of Polish-Jewish descent

Category:People from Sleaford, Lincolnshire

Category:1953 births

Category:Living people