Morris Gleitzman
Morris Gleitzman was born in Sleaford, England, United Kingdom on January 9th, 1953 and is the Children's Author. At the age of 71, Morris Gleitzman biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Morris Gleitzman (born 9 January 1953) is an English-born Australian author of children's and young adult fiction.
He has gained recognition for sparking an interest in AIDS in his controversial novel Two Weeks with the Queen (1990). Gleitzman has collaborated on children's series with another Australian children's author, Paul Jennings.
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, Maybe, was released in 2017.
His most successful books are the Toad series of books.In February 2018 Gleitzman was named the Australian Children's Laureate for 2018/2019.
Early life
Gleitzman was born in Sleaford, Lincolnshire. He moved to Australia in 1969 when he was 16. He is married with children. His parents live in Australia
Awards
- 1993
- BILBY Award (Blabber Mouth)
- CROW Award (Blabber Mouth)
- 1994
- CROW Award (Sticky Beak)
- 1997
- COOL Award (Belly Flop)
- 1998
- BILBY Award (Bumface)
- COOL Award (Bumface)
- KOALA Award (Bumface)
- YABBA Award (Bumface)
- 2001
- YABBA Award: Older Readers (Toad Rage)
- 2008
- ANTO Cole Award (Toad Rage)
- 2013
- COOL Award (Pizza Cake)
- 2016
- Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year: Younger Readers (Soon)