Desa Muck Explained

Desa Muck
Birth Date:	29 August 1955
Birth Place:	Ljubljana, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (now in Slovenia)
Occupation:	writer and actor
Notableworks:	Lažniva Suzi, Anica series,

Desa Muck (born 29 August 1955) is a Slovenian writer, children's writer and actor. She works as a freelance artist and writes newspaper columns, radio plays, but is best known for her juvenile fiction.^[1]

Muck was born in Ljubljana in 1955. She writes for children and teenagers and won the Levstik Award for her series of stories Anica in 2005.^[2]

Awards

• My Favourite Book by young Slovenian readers winner 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007
• Večernica Award nominee 1996, 2001, 2003 and 2004
• Večernica Award winner 1998
• Levstik Award winner 2005
• International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) Honour List winner 2006^[3]

Published works

Youth Literature

The Annie Series:

• Anica in grozovitež (Annie and the Monster), 2001
• Anica in materinski dan (Annie and Mother's Day), 2001
• Anica in zajček (Annie and the Bunny), 2001
• Anica in Jakob (Annie and Jacob), 2002
• Anica in športni dan (Annie and Sports Day), 2002
• Anica in velike skrbi (Annie and Great Worries), 2003
• Anica in počitnice (Annie and Holidays), 2004
• Anica in velika skrivnost (Annie and the Big Secret), 2004
• Anica in prva ljubezen (Annie and First Love), 2005
• Anica in skrivnostna maska (Annie and the Mysterious Mask), 2007

Other works for children and youth:

• Tistega lepega dne (That Fine Day), 1992
• Blazno resno o seksu (Deadly Seriously About Sex), 1993
• Pod milim nebom (Under the Open Skies), 1993
• Blazno resno popolni (Deadly Seriously Perfect), 1995
• Hči Lune (Daughter of the Moon), 1995
• Blazno resno zadeti (Deadly Seriously Stoned), 1996
• Kremplin (Claws), 1996
• Lažniva Suzi (Lying Suzy), 1997
• Blazno resno slavni (Deadly Seriously Famous), 1998
• Fonton, 1998
• Blazno resno o šoli (Deadly Seriously About School), 2000
• Čudež v operi (The Miracle at the Opera), 2001
• Sama doma (Girls Home Alone), 2001
• Kakšne barve je svet (What Colour Is the World), 2002
• Kokoš velikanka (The Giant Chicken), 2007
• Ko se želva izgubi ... (When the Tortoise Gets Lost...), 2009

Adult fiction

• Panika (Panic), 2003
• Neskončno ljubljeni moški (The Eternally Loved Man), 2004
• Pasti življenja (Life's Traps), 2005
• Peskovnik Boga Otroka (The Child God's Sandpit), 2006
• Pasti življenja II (Life's Traps II), 2007
• Nebo v očesu lipicanca (The Sky in the Lipizzaner's Eyes), 2010

Notes and References

1. http://www.mladinska.com/knjige/ustvarjalci/ustvarjalec?auid=64 Mladinska Knjiga Publishing House site
2. Web site: Slovenian. Podelitev Levstikovih nagrad :: Prvi interaktivni multimedijski portal, MMC RTV Slovenija. January 23, 2015. RTVSLO site. 27 June 2005.
3. Book: Slovenia's Best for Young Readers . Jana Babšek . Janja Vidmar . Irena Miš Svoljšak . 2010 . Slovenian Book Agency . 978-961-92821-0-6 . 76 . 13 July 2015.