James Moloney
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James "Jim" Moloney is an Australian children's author who has written more than 30 books including The Book of Lies
, The Gracey Trilogy, and A Bridge to Wiseman's Cove
, which won the Australian Children's Book Council Book of the Year Award in 1997. While his books span an age range from seven to seventeen year olds, he is best known for his young adult novels.
Moloney was born in Sydney
but grew up in Brisbane where he lives today with his wife and three children, all of whom are studying at university. He trained as a teacher and later became a teacher–librarian, a role which sparked his interest in children's literature and eventually led to his early attempts at writing. His first book, Crossfire, was published in 1992. His most recent book is the fantasy novel The Book from Baden Dark. In 1998 he resigned from teaching and now writes full-time.
He has stated that his book Black Taxi was based on a conversation he overheard between his daughter and some of her friends when she was sixteen.
His next book will be the first in a new fantasy series, titled Silvermay to be published by Harper Collins in 2011.
The Book of Lies (Moloney novel)
The Book of Lies, is the first fantasy novel by Australian novelist James Moloney, who has written more than thirty books, most of them realistic fiction for children. Published in 2004, the fantasy novel is set in a land known as Elster and tells of the story of the main character, Marcel, after...
, The Gracey Trilogy, and A Bridge to Wiseman's Cove
A Bridge to Wiseman's Cove
A Bridge to Wiseman's Cove is a novel by Australian author James Moloney. The novel features the life of a 15-year-old boy, Carl Matt, and his dysfunctional family.-Plot summary:...
, which won the Australian Children's Book Council Book of the Year Award in 1997. While his books span an age range from seven to seventeen year olds, he is best known for his young adult novels.
Moloney was born in Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
but grew up in Brisbane where he lives today with his wife and three children, all of whom are studying at university. He trained as a teacher and later became a teacher–librarian, a role which sparked his interest in children's literature and eventually led to his early attempts at writing. His first book, Crossfire, was published in 1992. His most recent book is the fantasy novel The Book from Baden Dark. In 1998 he resigned from teaching and now writes full-time.
He has stated that his book Black Taxi was based on a conversation he overheard between his daughter and some of her friends when she was sixteen.
His next book will be the first in a new fantasy series, titled Silvermay to be published by Harper Collins in 2011.
Selected bibliography
- Angela
- Black Taxi
- The Book of LiesThe Book of Lies (Moloney novel)The Book of Lies, is the first fantasy novel by Australian novelist James Moloney, who has written more than thirty books, most of them realistic fiction for children. Published in 2004, the fantasy novel is set in a land known as Elster and tells of the story of the main character, Marcel, after...
- A Bridge to Wiseman's CoveA Bridge to Wiseman's CoveA Bridge to Wiseman's Cove is a novel by Australian author James Moloney. The novel features the life of a 15-year-old boy, Carl Matt, and his dysfunctional family.-Plot summary:...
- Crossfire
- DougyDougyDougy is a children's novel written by James Moloney and first published in 1993 by University of Queensland Press. The book is dedicated to Douglas Collins, a student Moloney taught, who collapsed and died during a rugby game...
- Gracey
- Lost PropertyLost Property (book)Lost Property is a young adult novel by Australian author James Moloney. First published in 2005, it is about a teenage boy in Sydney who loses direction in his life...
- Master of the BooksMaster of the BooksMaster of the Books is the second novel in a fantasy series by James Moloney. It is the sequel to The Book of Lies, which was released on 25 May 2004.-Plot:...
- Touch MeTouch Me (novel)Touch Me is a novel written by award-winning Australian author James Moloney.It was published in April 2000 by University of Queensland Press, an Australian publishing company.-Plot: Summary appearing on the 2000 paperback edition:...
- Swashbuckler
- Buzzard Breath and Brains
- Kill the Possum
- The Book from Baden DarkThe Book from Baden DarkThe Book From Baden Dark is the third book in the The Book of Lies series written by James Moloney.-Author:James Moloney is one of Australia's most respected and awarded children's authors. He has won the Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Award twice - for Swashbuckler in 1996...
The Doomsday Rats series
- The Tunnels of Ferdinand
- The Scorpion's Tail
- Malig Tumora
- In the Lair of the Mountain Beast
- Doomsday
Aussie Bites
- A Box of Chicks
- Moving House
- David, The Best Model Maker in the World