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Books by Markus Zusak
 "I always had stories in my head. So I started writing them."--Markus Zusak Markus Zusak received the Children's Book Council of Australia's Book of the Year Award for I Am the Messenger. He lives in Sydney, where he writes, occasionally works a real job, and plays on a soccer team that never wins. ***Check out www.markuszusak.com for more information! A NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR 13 Facts (+ a few more) about Markus Zusak 1.He has severe troubles writing biographies about himself because he doesn’t find himself particularly inspiring. 2.He lives in Sydney near the Royal National Park, where he has lunch with the local deer, the kookaburras (a very tough brand of laughing birds) and other creatures. 3.He is a dog person, but he has two cats, Bijoux and Brutus. He named the second one. 4.His middle name is Frank. (When he hated the name Markus, his brother and one of his sisters suggested he use his middle name…Clearly, Frank was not really a step in the right direction.) 5.His three favorite books are: ·What’s Eating Gilbert Grape by Peter Hedges. ·The Half Brother by Lars Saabye Christensen. ·My Brother Jack by George Johnston. 6.The last book he read was Werewolves in their Youth by Michael Chabon, and the book he is currently reading is Ulysses by James Joyce. 7.In 2005, he is attempting to read 52 books. He is writing a book about this ridiculous reading challenge and calling it 53 Killers. People ask him, “Why fifty-three and not fifty-two?” 8.His three favorite movies are: ·Amelie by John Pierre Juenet. ·The Big Lebowski by the Cohen Brothers. ·Run Lola Run by Tom Tykwer. (And although it’s not a favorite, he also has a soft spot for The Goonies.) 9.The last movies he’s seen are A Very Long Engagement and The Motorcycle Diaries. 10.If he could meet anyone who ever lived, he would choose Michelangelo. 11.He got the idea for I am the Messenger when he was sitting in a park one night eating fish and chips and saw a bank with a fifteen minute parking zone out front. He thought, “Fifteen minutes, that’s not very long — every time I go the bank it takes a lot longer than that.” He then thought, “What if you were in that bank when it was being robbed and your car was out in the fifteen minute parking zone? How the hell would you get out to move your car to avoid a fine?” (That’s exactly what happens at the start of the book.) 12.He is riddled with self-doubt about I am the Messenger but is glad he wrote it because he loves The Doorman. 13.His favorite number is thirteen. |
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The Book Thief
By Markus Zusak (© 2006 -  2006 Random House, Inc.)
Read by Allan Corduner Young Readers > Young Adult Release Date: September 19, 2006 It’s just a small story really, about among other things: a girl, some words, an accordionist, some fanatical Germans, a Jewish fist-fighter, and quite a lot of thievery. . . . Set during World War II in Germany, Markus Zusak’s groundbreaking new novel is the story of Liesel Memin ... (more) | ||
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I am the Messenger
By Markus Zusak (© 2002 - 2006 Random House, Inc.)
Read by Marc Aden Gray Young Readers > Young Adult Release Date: October 17, 2006 Ed Kennedy is an underage cabdriver without much of a future. He's pathetic at playing cards, hopelessly in love with his best friend, Audrey, and utterly devoted to his coffee-drinking dog, the Doorman. His life is one of peaceful routine and incompetence until he inadvertently stops a bank robbery ... (more) | ||
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