Melina Marchetta

Australia (b.1965)

Melina Marchetta (born 1965) is an Australian writer and teacher. She is best known as the author of Looking For Alibrandi. She has twice been awarded the CBCA Book of the Year for Older Readers, in 1993 and 2004.

Awards: Printz (2009)

Genres: Fantasy, Mystery

Series

Lumatere Chronicles
   1. Finnikin of the Rock (2008)
   2. Froi of the Exiles (2012)
   3. Quintana of Charyn (2013)

What Zola Did
   What Zola Did: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday (2020)
   1. What Zola Did on Monday (2020)
   2. What Zola Did on Tuesday (2020)
   3. What Zola Did on Wednesday (2020)
   4. What Zola Did on Thursday (2021)
   5. What Zola Did on Friday (2021)
   6. What Zola Did on Saturday (2021)
   7. What Zola Did on Sunday (2021)
   Zola and the Christmas Lights (2023)

Novels

   Looking for Alibrandi (1992)
   Saving Francesca (2003)
   Jellicoe Road (2006)
     aka On the Jellicoe Road
   The Piper's Son (2011)
   Tell the Truth, Shame the Devil (2016)
   The Place on Dalhousie (2019)

Awards

2009 Michael L. Printz Award : Jellicoe Road

Melina Marchetta recommends

Waking Romeo (2022)
Kathryn Barker
"Original, ambitious, powerful. Barker's ability to challenge the boundaries of genre and find light in the darkness is a gift."

Night Beach (2022)
Kirsty Eagar
"There are images in this novel that take my breath away, dialogue that I envy and one of the most achingly real protagonists I've come across for a long while."

Somewhere Between Bitter and Sweet (2021)
Laekan Zea Kemp
"Wonderfully realized characters, a vibrant setting, and so much more. I loved this."