Biography of melina marchetta author
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Melina Marchetta | Brief Biography
Melina Marchetta | Brief Biography
Melina Marchetta is an Australian author best known for her young adult fiction novels.
Biography of melina marchetta author
She was born on March 25, 1965, in Sydney, Australia and grew up in the western suburbs of the city.
Marchetta’s first novel, “Looking for Alibrandi,” was published in 1992 and has since become a classic of young adult literature in Australia.
The book is a coming-of-age story about a teenage girl named Josephine Alibrandi, who is of Italian-Australian descent, and her search for her identity and place in the world. The novel was well received and won several awards, including the Children’s Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Award in 1993.
Following the success of “Looking for Alibrandi,” Marchetta published several more novels for young adults, including “Saving Francesca” (2003), “The Piper’s Son” (2010), and “Froi of the Exiles” (201