Martine Murray Explained

Martine Murray (born 1965)^[1] is an Australian author and illustrator residing in Melbourne. She has written many critically acclaimed books, including How to Make a Bird, winner of the Queensland Premier's Literary Awards Young Adult award in 2004,^[2] and The Slightly True Story of Cedar B. Hartley, winner of the Queensland Premier's Literary Awards Children's Book award in 2006.^[3]

She has studied filmmaking at Prahran College, art at the Victorian College of the Arts and Movement & Dance at Melbourne University. She has formed a dance theatre company called Bird on a Wire, and recently received Arts Victoria funding to develop and perform a full-length work, as part of Melbourne's Next Wave Festival. She also teaches yoga and has been involved in community circus.

Martine is enrolled in Professional Writing at RMIT and plans further study in screen writing and short story.

Martine is the subject of The Whitlams' 1997 song 'Melbourne'. She calls her dog 'The Bear'.^{[4] [5]}

Books

• A Dog Called Bear, Random House Australia, 2000
• A Moose Called Mouse, Allen & Unwin, 2001
• How to Make a Bird, Allen & Unwin, 2003
• Mannie and the Long Brave Day, with Sally Rippin, Allen & Unwin, 2009,
• Molly and Pim and the Millions of Stars, Text Publishing, 2015,
• Marsh and Me, Text Publishing, 2017,
• The Last Summer of Ada Bloom, Text Publishing, 2018

Cedar B. Hartley series

• The Slightly True Story of Cedar B. Hartley (Who Planned to Live an Unusual Life), Allen & Unwin, 2002
• The Slightly Bruised Glory of Cedar B. Hartley (Who Can't Help Flying High and Falling in Deep), Allen & Unwin, 2005

Henrietta series

• Henrietta: There's No One Better, Allen & Unwin, 2004
• Henrietta the Great Go-Getter, Allen & Unwin, 2006
• Henrietta Gets a Letter, Allen & Unwin, 2008
• Henrietta and the Perfect Night, Allen & Unwin, 2017
• Henrietta the Greatest Go-Getter, Allen & Unwin, 2017 (compilation)

Awards

The Slightly True Story of Cedar B. Hartley was shortlisted for the CBC's young readers category in 2003. How to Make a Bird won the Young Adult Book Award at the 2004 Queensland Premier's Literary Awards.

External links

• Official website
• News: Running away to the circus and back. The Age. 2007-11-26. Melbourne. 2004-11-21. - Interview of author
• News: Rachel . Kleinman . Novel twist for writer . 2004-10-13 . . 24 . 2007-11-26 . - Profile of author
• News: Michelle . Griffin . YOUNG ADULT - The Slightly Bruised Glory of Cedar B Hartley . 2005-11-12 . . 32 . 2007-11-26 . - Review of one of her books
• Review from The Guardian
• Review from the Chicago Tribune
• Review from the Cairns Post
• Brief biographical article
• Review in Home News Tribune

Notes and References

1. Web site: Murray, Martine, 1965- . Western Suburbs Library Group . 31 October 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120425124528/http://www.wslg.wa.gov.au/Clarelibweb/webquery.dll?v20=MarcList&v22=4&v24=2454484&v35=%7B%5D0%5B%7D%7B%5D0%5B%7D%7B%5D0%5B%7D%7B%5D0%5B%7D&v46=71363.0 . 25 April 2012 . dead .
2. http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AWNB:&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=105AA2FA3AB67C95&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated4&req_dat=0D0CB57AB53DF815 RMIT student wins literary prize
3. http://www.premiers.qld.gov.au/awardsevents/awards/Queensland_Premiers_Literary_awards/Past_Winners/ Queensland Premier's Literary awards
4. Web site: Freedman . Tim . Liner Notes, Little Cloud Album . 3 June 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130409193948/http://www.thewhitlams.com/RELEASES/ . 9 April 2013 .
5. Web site: Freedman. Tim. Melbourne. 3 June 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130427104506/http://www.thewhitlams.com/RELEASES/default.asp?Mode=VIEWINFO&TrackID=35&ReleaseID=19. 27 April 2013.