Morris Gleitzman
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9 January 1953 Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Alma mater | University of Canberra |
| Notable works | The Toad series, The Once series, Two Weeks with the Queen |
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Morris Gleitzman (born 9 January 1953) is an English-born Australian author of children's and young adult fiction. He has gained recognition for sparking an interest in AIDS in his controversial novel Two Weeks with the Queen (1990).
Gleitzman has collaborated on children's series with another Australian children's author, Paul Jennings. Gleitzman has also published three collections of his newspaper columns for The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald as books for an adult readership, and he used to write for the popular Norman Gunston Show in the 1970s. His latest book in the "Once" series, Soon, was released in 2015. His most successful books are the Toad series of books.
Gleitzman was born in Sleaford, Lincolnshire. He moved to Australia when he was 16.
Features characters from Misery Guts, Blabber Mouth, Second Childhood, Belly Flop, Adults Only, Teacher's Pet, Worm Story and Aristotle's Nostril
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