About the Author
Markus Zusak has written many other books such as Fighting Ruben Wolfe, I Am the Messenger and Getting the Girl. He has received a Michael L. Printz Honor Book Award and the American Library Association. He was nominated for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. He lives in Sydney, Australia with his children and wife.
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