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Michelle Cooper

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Michelle lives in Sydney, Australia. THE RAGE OF SHEEP, her first book, won a mentorship with the Children's Book Council of Australia. THE RAGE OF SHEEP was published in paperback by Random House Australia in 2007, with an ebook edition released in 2012. Michelle's second novel, A BRIEF HISTORY OF MONTMARAY, was published by Random House Australia in 2008. The novel was awarded the Ethel Turner Prize for Young People's Literature in the NSW Premier's Literary Awards and was shortlisted for the Gold Inky, Australia's teenage choice book award. A BRIEF HISTORY OF MONTMARAY was published in North America by Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers in 2009, and was named in the American Library Association's Best Books for Young Adults list. An audiobook of the North American edition was published in 2010 by Listening Library, and a Vintage Classics paperback edition was released in Australia in 2012. THE FITZOSBORNES IN EXILE, the second book in The Montmaray Journals trilogy, was published in Australia in 2010, as a paperback and audiobook. It was shortlisted for the Ethel Turner Prize for Young People's Literature (NSW Premier's Literary Awards) and the Western Australian Premier's Young Adult Book Award, longlisted for the Gold Inky Teenage Choice Award and named a Notable Book for Older Readers by the Children's Book Council of Australia. The book was published in North America in 2011 as a hardcover, ebook and audiobook, and was listed in the Best Teen Books of 2011 by Kirkus Reviews and in the American Library Association's 2012 Best Fiction for Young Adults. THE FITZOSBORNES AT WAR, the final book in The Montmaray Journals trilogy, was published in Australia and New Zealand in April, 2012 and in North America in October, 2012. The film and television rights to The Montmaray Journals have been optioned by a US production company. Her latest book, DR HUXLEY'S BEQUEST, was published internationally as a paperback and ebook in November, 2017 and was shortlisted for the NSW Premier's History Awards.
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