Gary Crew
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Gary Crew was born on September 23, 1947 in Brisbane, Australia. He left school at age 16 to become a cadet Civil Engineering Draftsman. He graduated from the Queensland Institute of Technology and worked in a drawing office for ten years as a design draftsman. He became bored and decided to try vis mere teaching. He received a master's degree in literature at Queensland University and became a teacher in 1974. He taught English at various high schools in Brisbane. Crew began writing fiction in 1985. Because of his teaching background and his own teenage children, he decided to write for children and young adults. He won the Children's Book Council Book of the Year four times - twice for his young adult novels, Strange Objects in 1991 and Angel's Gate in 1993, and twice for his illustrated books, First Light in 1993 and The Watertower in 1994. His other works include The Viewer, Mama's Babies, and The Lost Diamonds of Killiecrankie. He also writes crime and science-fiction short stories for both young adult and adult audiences. His other awards include the National Children's Book Award, the NSW and Victorian Premiers' Awards, and the Ned Kelly Award for crime fiction. (Bowker Author Biography) vis mindre
Image credit: University of the Sunshine Coast
Serier
Værker af Gary Crew
Face to Stony Face 1 eksemplar
The Story of Eva Carmichael 1 eksemplar
Beneath the Surface 1 eksemplar
In my father's room 1 eksemplar
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- Kanonisk navn
- Crew, Gary
- Fødselsdato
- 1947-09-23
- Køn
- male
- Nationalitet
- Australia
- Fødested
- Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Bopæl
- Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Uddannelse
- Queensland University
- Erhverv
- academic (University of the Sunshine Coast)
young adult writer - Organisationer
- Queensland Writers Centre
- Priser og hædersbevisninger
- Ned Kelly Prize for Crime Fiction (1996)
- Kort biografi
- Crew was born in Brisbane, Queensland.
He lives with his wife Christine in the mountains of the Sunshine Coast Hinterland. Crew began writing young adult fictionin 1985. He also writes Crime and Science Fiction short stories for both youth and adult audiences. He is the series Editor of Lothian's After Dark series of Macabre Tales. His books are published internationally - from Greenland to New York.
He is a Senior lecturer in Creative Writing, Children's and Adult Literature at the University of the Sunshine Coast. He is a member of the Queensland Writers Centre.
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YA, scrapbook style, set in Australia/NZ i Name that Book (maj 2012)
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This book has a lame cover which will mean that students won't pick it up to read. That is unfortunate, as the story is beautifully written by Crew and is really a very moving one about growing up and discovering who you can be. Ben has a deformed foot from an accident caused by his drug addicted mother's boyfriend. He lives with his father now and doesn't see his mother or little sister. In Year 8, he is teased by the "Six" at school, a group of athletic boys from the Rugby team who are in Year 10. He doesn't have any friends and eats his lunch under a giant fig in the playground. A Year 9 girl also eats her lunch there and they start chatting. Ben then discovers a cave on the way home from school and in his "secret place" he builds up the courage to stand up to his bullies (One of which he discovers also has a scar and has insecurities like himself) and face the challenges his family and school life bring.
Well written book that evokes the Queensland rural school setting.… (mere)
Well written book that evokes the Queensland rural school setting.… (mere)
I ricordi, invece, sono diversi. I ricordi sono immortali.
Come dici tu, figliolo, come il nostro albero...
(al centrO)
Come dici tu, figliolo, come il nostro albero...
(al centrO)
Come se fosse sempre stato tutto così.
(in qualche pagina del libretto)
L'eterno ritorno dell'uguale?
(in qualche pagina del libretto)
L'eterno ritorno dell'uguale?
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- Popularitet
- #17,926
- Vurdering
- 3.7
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- 58
- ISBN
- 233
- Sprog
- 6
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- 2
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