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Markus zusak is the author of five books, including the international bestseller, the book thief, which is translated into more than forty languages. He is best known for his books the book thief and the messenger published in usa as i am the messenger, which have been international bestsellers. The australian writer markus zusaks brilliant and hugely ambitious new youngadult novel is. Irish times if the book thief was a novel that allowed death to steal the show, its slightly chaotic, overlong, though brilliantly illuminated followup is affirmatively full of life. His parents, helmut and lisa, emigrated from austria and germany to australia in the late 1950s. Markus zusak, the phenomenally popular australian writer, worked on bridge of clay for two decades, essentially his whole adult life. Mar 28, 2008 markus zusak the author of the book thief explains why failure is his best friend, and why all writers tend to be loners and the same simple idea applies to writing, i hope. The book thief by marcus zusak was the bestselling debut literary novel of the year 2007, selling over 400,000 copies. The book thief 10th anniversary edition by markus zusak.
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