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Justine Larbalestier

		Female 102 years old Sydney Australia Last Login: 7/12/2009

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Justine Larbalestier's Interests

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Young adult literature, fashion, food, travelling, basketball, cricket, and silliness.

Books

Here's the books I liked at various stages of my life. The ones with an asterix I re-read frequently.

When I was a littlie I loved everything by Enid Blyton but especially The Magic Faraway Tree, everything by Patricia Wrightson, Norman Lindsay's The Magic Pudding and L. M. Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables books.

When I was pre-teen: Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights*, J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, Margaret Mitchell's Gone With the Wind, Gabrielle Carey and Kathy Lette's Puberty Blues, the Conan the Barbarian books, V. C. Andrews' Flowers in the Attic, Ursula Le Guin's Earthsea trilogy*, all the Joan Aiken, Jane Austen*, Georgette Heyer*, and the S. E. Hinton books.

As a teenager: Albert Camus' The Stranger, Mikhail Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita*, everything by Angela Carter*, Truman Capote, Raymond Chandler*, Kate Chopin, Isak Dinesen*, Howard Fast, Stephen King, Tanith Lee, Ursula Le Guin*, Carson McCullers, Flannery O’Conner*, Sylvia Plath, Jean Rhys*, Gig Ryan, and Anne Sexton.

In my twenties: Katherine Dunn's Geek Love, and everything by Octavia Butler, Suzy McKee Charnas, Samuel R. Delany*, Dorothy Dunnett*, Doris Egan, Carol Emshwiller, Elizabeth Gaskell, Zora Neale Hurston, Shirley Jackson*, Diana Wynne Jones*, Robin McKinley, R. A. MacAvoy, Patricia McKillip, Lisa St Aubin de Teran, and James Tiptree, Jr.*

Now: Everything by Patricia Highsmith*, Elizabeth Knox, Margaret Mahey*, Dawn Powell*, Jim Thompson, Megan Whalen Turner, and Sarah Waters.

Justine Larbalestier's Details

Status:	Married
Zodiac Sign:	Capricorn
Occupation:	Writer

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Justine Larbalestier's Blurbs

About me:
I’m a Sydney girl who writes books for teenagers. I'm the author of the Magic or Madness trilogy, which consists of Magic or Madness, Magic Lessons, and Magic's Child (it'll be out in March 2007).

You can find out heaps more about me and my books at my website. That's where my regular, updated-almost-daily blog lives.

I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4

Who I'd like to meet:
My readers, librarians, booksellers, anyone who's interested in young adult books, fashion, food, travelling, and the sport of cricket.

I don't friend people whose profile is set to private. I like to know something about folks before I friend them.

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el sub	Apr 4 2008 10:18 AM Yay! Your book arrived today at our bookstore! I put it beside Cassnadras City of Bones... let's see who sells better :)
el sub	Apr 1 2008 10:19 AM Heya Justine, I read you are at the Bologna Bookfair right now! This is awesome, it is the nicest Bookfair around :) Hope you are enjoying yourself in pretty Italy! Best, Josh. PS. : What happened to the idea of touring Germany with Cassandra?
Endicott Studio for Mythic Arts	Dec 28 2007 12:55 PM
manda [dreambound for life]	Dec 24 2007 8:11 PM have a very merry christmas and stuff! xx manda
el sub	Dec 15 2007 3:16 PM hell-o you! thanx for the add... makes me glad :)
Tally	Nov 4 2007 12:45 PM I was amazed by the Magic or Madness trilogy- thanks so much for writing them!
Theodora	Oct 12 2007 8:23 AM Thanks for adding me, Justine! In case you don't recall, I'm one of the YA Lit staffers at DragonCon--the chick who moderated the YA Around the World panel--and I have to say again that I was so pleased to make your acquaintance. Your contributions made that panel, and I only hope that you (and Scott, naturally) will be able to join us again next year. Also--the Georgia State U library had a copy of your Battle of the Sexes in Science Fiction; being of an academic and feminist bent, I'm really enjoying it.
sarah	Sep 20 2007 7:49 AM I read the whole trilogy, one right after the other. I really loved them all.
Midori Snyder	Aug 16 2007 1:52 AM Hi Justine, thanks so much for the add. This is a great photo of you by the way.
Rebecca	Jul 17 2007 7:57 AM Fibs rule.
Youth @ MLS	Jul 16 2007 11:26 PM thanks for the friending :) it was great to hear you talk at the Reading Matters Conference, always good to see authors under pressure (that's a lyric to a song somewhere) ;)
Vanessa	Jul 10 2007 9:44 PM Hi, Justine! Thanks for adding me. :)Vanessa, fellow Sydneysider
Ophaboom	Jul 10 2007 7:04 AM Thanks for the add!
Sarah Beth Durst	Jul 4 2007 3:50 PM Happy 4th of July, Justine! Best wishes, Sarah
Ebbie	Jun 27 2007 11:22 PM Thanks for the add. I loved your trilogy, and passed the word on to a couple of friends of mine. I also picked up a book the other day because it came with a nice recommendation from you on the back flap! I was not disappointed. Anyway, look forward to reading more of your work.
Kathryne B. Alfred	Jun 16 2007 7:08 PM Thanks for befriending me, and congrats on the Norton and the Ultimate Fairy Book!
Salvatore	Jun 4 2007 4:32 PM Hey thanks for befriending me! I love your work, and your site is a huge inspiration to new writers. Thanks Sal, NY
j3nNy K0rPze! ©	May 31 2007 4:16 AM Hi Justine, Thanks for the befriending. I tried to get to the 'Boys vs girls' debate, but it was sold out. Hope you enjoyed the conference! Jenny
Cynthia Leitich Smith	May 15 2007 1:48 PM Huge congrats on the Norton! Much deserved!
Elle	May 14 2007 10:29 PM Ta for the add, Justine!Love your work (and your blog- it helps no end with my burgeoning career as a professional procrastinator....) PS congrats on the Norton- golly, what company I'm in now... have good one! Elle
E. Lockhart	May 14 2007 12:51 PM Yay for the Norton!
Guerilla Librarian	May 13 2007 4:04 PM Yea Ha! Woo Hoo! Congrats on winning the Andre Norton Award Nebula. It is just way beyond cool!
Ember	Apr 23 2007 1:14 AM Thanks for adding me, Justine! And for being such a nice, nice person. :) ~Mary S.
Ally	Apr 22 2007 8:09 PM Justine! haha You have a MySpace too?! Wow A lot of authors have MySpaces. Thanks for adding me! You Rock! ? Ally
Maureen	Apr 17 2007 9:14 AM I wonder how long it will take for you to notice that I have put the word UNICORN in your comments.

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