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Justine Larbalestier


Australia

Justine Larbalestier is an Australian young adult author. She is best known for the Magic or Madness trilogy: Magic or Madness, Magic Lessons and the newly released Magic's Child. She also wrote one adult non-fiction book, the Hugo-nominated The Battle of the Sexes in Science Fiction (Best Related Book, 2003), and edited another, Daughters of Earth: Feminist Science Fiction in the Twentieth Century.

Larbalestier was born and raised in Sydney, Australia. She now alternates living between Sydney and New York City.

In 2001, Justine married fellow author Scott Westerfeld.
 

Genres: Young Adult Fiction, Young Adult Fantasy
 
Series
Magic Or Madness Trilogy
   1. Magic or Madness (2005)
   2. Magic Lessons (2006)
   3. Magic's Child (2007)
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Novels
   How to Ditch Your Fairy (2008)
   Liar (2009)
   Team Human (2012) (with Sarah Rees Brennan)
   Razorhurst (2015)
   My Sister Rosa (2016)
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Collections
   Love Is Hell (2008) (with others)
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Anthologies edited
   Zombies vs. Unicorns (2010) (with Holly Black)
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Non fiction show
 
Justine Larbalestier recommends
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Waking Romeo (2022)
Kathryn Barker
"The most beautiful, moving, and rigorously plotted time-travel novel I have ever read."
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A Line in the Dark (2017)
Malinda Lo
"As soon as I finished, I had to read it again."
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We Were Liars (2014)
(We Were Liars, book 1)
E Lockhart
"Beautiful and disturbing."

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Books containing stories by Justine Larbalestier
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Come On In (2020)
15 Stories about Immigration and Finding Home
edited by
Adi Alsaid
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First Kiss (Then Tell) (2007)
A Collection of True Lip-Locked Moments
edited by
Cylin Busby

Awards
Andre Norton Award Best Book winner (2007) : Magic or Madness


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