Morris Gleitzman
Morris Gleitzman was born in Lincolnshire and moved to Australia in his teens. He worked as a paperboy, a shelf-stacker, a frozen chicken de-froster, an assistant to a fashion designer and more, before taking a degree in Professional Writing at Canberra College and becoming a writer.
He has written for TV, stage, newspapers and magazines but is best known for his hugely successful children's books including Two Weeks with the Queen, Bumface, and his series about Felix and Zelda, Once, Now, Then and After. He has won the Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Award and been shortlisted for the prestigious Guardian Children's Fiction Prize.
Authored Books
Once
Author: Morris Gleitzman
Publisher: Penguin
Morris Gleitzman brings heart and humour to the difficult subject of the Holocaust in this ground-breaking children's book.
Bumface
Author: Morris Gleitzman
Publisher: Penguin
An extremely funny story, with a touch of poignancy.
Now
Author: Morris Gleitzman
Publisher: Puffin
A beautifully written book, full of hope, love and sorrow; it provides an apt ending to the unforgettable trilogy that also includes Once and Then.
Give Peas A Chance
Author: Morris Gleitzman
Publisher: Puffin
Fifteen funny stories, at times comic, wry, whimsical, moving, off-the-wall and downright hilarious, make up this brilliant book.
Too Small to Fail
Author: Morris Gleitzman
Publisher: Puffin Book
1 boy. 1 girl. 1 camel. Squillions of dollars. A plan that can't fail. Or can it?
Grace
Author: Morris Gleitzman
Publisher: Puffin
Grace's quest to find her father and reunite her family is moving and funny
After
Author: Morris Gleitzman
Publisher: Puffin Books
The fourth installment in Morris Gleitzman's unforgettable series beginning with Once, tells the story of what happened to Felix in the final, agonising stages of the Second World War.
Toad Rage
Author: Morris Gleitzman
Publisher: Penguin
Limpy, the cane toad, deeply disturbed that motorists appear to swerve their cars specifically to run toads over, is determined to put a stop to this needless loss of life. He sets out on a perilous journey to try to persuade humans that cane toads are loveable, friendly creatures. He decides to endear himself to the public by becoming a mascot for the Austr…
Two Weeks with the Queen
Author: Morris Gleitzman
Publisher: Penguin
When his brother becomes seriously ill with leukaemia, Colin is sent to stay with relatives in England. Determined to get the best help possible, he decides to approach the Queen.
Deadly!
Author: Morris Gleitzman and Paul Jennings
Publisher: Penguin
With exploding spiders, blue farts and a frozen corpse, this is the kind of crazily comic horror story that readers of this age love and these two writers excel in.