| Morris Gleitzman | |
| Birth Date: | 9 January 1953 |
| 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 |
| Signature: | Morris Gleitzman signature.svg |
Morris Gleitzman (born 9 January 1953) is a British-born Australian author of children's and young adult fiction.[1] 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.[2] His is also known for his Toad series of books.[3]
In February 2018, Gleitzman was named the Australian Children's Laureate for 2018/2019.[4]
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 went to Chislehurst primary school in England. He then attended Sidcup Grammar school in Bexley, England.[5]
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.[6] He went to The University of Canberra.[7]
After university Morris worked for ten years as a screenwriter. Then he had a wonderful experience, he wrote a novel for young people. [8]
| Year | Title | Imprint | ISBN | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | The Other Facts of Life | First novel, adapted from screenplay. | |||
| 1989 | Two Weeks with the Queen | ||||
| 1990 | Second childhood | ||||
| 1991 | Misery Guts | ||||
| 1992 | Worry Warts | Piper Australia | Sequel to Misery Guts. | ||
| 1993 | Blabber Mouth | Adapted into a play of the same name by Mary Morris in 1996. | |||
| 1994 | Sticky Beak | Sequel to Blabber Mouth. | |||
| 1995 | Puppy Fat | Piper | Sequel to Misery Guts and Worry Warts. | ||
| 1996 | Belly Flop | ||||
| 1997 | Water Wings | Loose sequel to Belly Flop. | |||
| 1998 | Bumface | ||||
| Wicked! | Co-written with Paul Jennings. | ||||
| 1999 | Gift of the Gab | Sequel to Blabber Mouth and Sticky Beak. | |||
| 2000 | Toad Rage | ||||
| Self Helpless: 57 Pieces of Crucial Advice for People Who Need a Bit More Time to Get It Right | |||||
| 2001 | Adults Only | ||||
| Deadly! | Co-written with Paul Jennings. | ||||
| Toad Heaven | Sequel to Toad Rage. | ||||
| 2002 | Boy Overboard | ||||
| 2003 | Teacher's Pet | ||||
| Toad Away | Sequel to Toad Rage and Toad Heaven. | ||||
| 2004 | Worm Story | ||||
| Girl Underground | Sequel to Boy Overboard. | ||||
| 2005 | Once | "...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."[9] | |||
| 2006 | Aristotle's Nostril | ||||
| Doubting Thomas | |||||
| 2007 | Give Peas a Chance | 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. | |||
| 2008 | Toad Surprise | Sequel to Toad Rage, Toad Heaven and Toad Away. | |||
| Then | Penguin | Sequel to Once.[10] | |||
| 2009 | Grace | ||||
| 2010 | Now | 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."[11] | |||
| Tickled Onions and Other Funny Stories | Collection of short stories. Contains some stories from Give Peas a Chance. | ||||
| 2011 | Too Small to Fail | ||||
| Pizza Cake: And Other Funny Stories | Collection of short stories. Contains some stories from Tickled Onions. | ||||
| 2012 | After | Sequel to Once, Then and Now. | |||
| 2013 | Extra Time | ||||
| 2014 | Loyal Creatures | ||||
| 2015 | Soon | Sequel to Once, Then, Now and After. | |||
| 2016 | Toad Delight | Sequel to Toad Rage, Toad Heaven, Toad Away and Toad Surprise. | |||
| Snot Chocolate | Collection of short stories. | ||||
| 2017 | Maybe | Sequel to Once, Then, Now, After and Soon | |||
| 2018 | Funny Stories: and Other Funny Stories | 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 | |||||
| 2021 | Always | Sequel to Once, Then, Now, After, Soon and Maybe. |
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