(1953-01-09) 9 January 1953 (age 71) Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England
Occupation
Novelist
Nationality
Australian
Alma mater
University of Canberra
Notable works
The Toad series, The Once series, Two Weeks with the Queen
Signature
Website
morrisgleitzman.com
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 Gleitzman, AustLit
^"Maybe". Trove Books, National Library of Australia. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
^Morris Gleitzman, Toad series, Random House. Retrieved 28 January 2008.
^Morris, Linda (12 February 2018). "Australia's new children's laureate Morris Gleitzman hopes to inspire children in dark, uncertain world". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
MorrisGleitzman (born 9 January 1953) is a British-born Australian author of children's and young adult fiction. He has gained recognition for sparking...
Two Weeks with the Queen is a 1990 novel by Australian author MorrisGleitzman. It focuses on a boy named Colin Mudford, who is sent to live with relatives...
Toad Rage is a children's novel by Australian author MorrisGleitzman. It was first published in Australia in 1999 by Puffin Books. Limpy, a young cane...
Arbor, Michigan, 1961–1966 Once (novel), a 2005 children's novel by MorrisGleitzman Once, a section of Balvanera, a neighbourhood in Buenos Aires, Argentina...
performed in two versions of the play Two Weeks with the Queen by MorrisGleitzman. The first time was for the BBC in London and the second was for the...
a 2011 novel by Julie Chibbaro Deadly, a children's book series by MorrisGleitzman and Paul Jennings Deadly (Australian TV series), an Australian children's...
collaboration between Australian children's authors Paul Jennings and MorrisGleitzman Wicked (musical), a 2003 musical based on the 1995 Gregory Maguire...
Network that first screened in 1998. The series is based on the book by MorrisGleitzman. Vin and Marge Shipley live above a fish and chip shop in South London...
Between 1997 and 2000, Australian children's authors, Paul Jennings and MorrisGleitzman, co-wrote two series of children's books, Wicked and Deadly. This tradition...
in Quarrington, where his father was rector. The children's author MorrisGleitzman was born in the town, as was the actress and comedian Jennifer Saunders...
Secret Snow Gail Giles: Shattering Glass M-E Girard: Girl Mans Up MorrisGleitzman: Two Weeks with the Queen, Worry Warts, Puppy Fat Anna Godbersen: Luxe...
translation available. No English version as of 2009[update]. Once by MorrisGleitzman (2005), partly inspired by Korczak, featuring a character modelled...
(ISBN 9780140387971) is a children's novel written by Australian author MorrisGleitzman for readers age 10-12. First published in 1998 it has won several awards...
Mike Meade (who wrote the pilot episode)Heather March, Mark Page and MorrisGleitzman, who is now a well-known author of children's books. Every time the...
Wicked and Deadly, Australian children's fiction by Paul Jennings and MorrisGleitzman who took turns writing chapters, and then sending them on to the other...
Global Information
