Morris Gleitzman

Morris Gleitzman (born 9 January 1953 in England) is one of Australia's most successful children's writers. Morris Gleitzman began writing as a screenwriter and enjoyed success writing for the Norman Gunston Show on Australian television. He has also written for the Governor-General of Australia and Rolf Harris.

 Career 
Morris Gleitzman has had much success with his children's stories. They have been published in 14 countries around the world including the United States, United Kingdom, France and Australia. Some of his most successful books include Misery Guts, Worry Warts, Blabber Mouth, Belly Flop and Puppy Fat. He was born in England, on  9 January 1953. 

He had dropped out of school by the age of 16 to live "the hippie dream" and by the time he had moved to Australia was writing many short stories that would later become a reality and turn his small life into a big meaningful life.

His most successful book is Two Weeks With the Queen.

Bibliography

Books
 Year  Title  Imprint  ISBN  Notes 1987  The Other Facts of Life  Penguin Books    First novel, adapted from screenplay. 1989  Two Weeks with the Queen  Pan Books    1990  Second childhood  McPhee Gribble/Penguin    1991  Misery Guts  Pan Australia    1992  Worry Warts  Piper Australia    Sequel to Misery Guts. 1993  Blabber Mouth    Adapted into a play of the same name by Mary Morris in 1996. 1994  Sticky Beak    Sequel to Blabber Mouth. 1995  Puppy Fat  Piper    Sequel to Misery Guts and Worry Warts. 1996  Belly Flop  Pan Books    1997  Water Wings  Pan Macmillan Australia    Loose sequel to Belly Flop.1998  Bumface  Puffin Books   Wicked!    Co-written with Paul Jennings. 1999  Gift of the Gab    Sequel to Blabber Mouth and Sticky Beak.2000  Toad Rage   Self Helpless: 57 Pieces of Crucial Advice for People Who Need a Bit More Time to Get It Right  Penguin   2001  Adults Only   Deadly Puffin Books    Co-written with Paul Jennings. Toad Heaven   Sequel to Toad Rage. 2002  Boy Overboard    2003  Teacher's Pet  Penguin Books   Toad Away  Puffin Books   Sequel to Toad Rage and Toad Heaven.2004  Worm Story  Penguin Books    Girl Underground Puffin Books    Sequel to Boy Overboard.2005Once    "...Gleitzman delivers a sharp sense of what it must have been like to be a child during the Holocaust, forced to grow up far too quickly." 2006  Aristotle's Nostril  Penguin Books    Doubting Thomas Puffin Books    2007 Give Peas a Chance    Collection of short stories.
Features characters from Misery Guts, Blabber Mouth, Second Childhood, Belly Flop, Adults Only, Teacher's Pet, Worm Story and Aristotle's Nostril. 2008  Toad Surprise    Sequel to Toad Rage, Toad Heaven and Toad Away.Then  Penguin Sequel to Once.2009 Grace Viking   2010  Now    Sequel to Once and Then "Readers of the first two books will recognize a great deal, and those who have not should read them to gain a fuller picture of the years before and those in which we live."Tickled Onions and Other Funny Stories Puffin Books    Collection of short stories. Contains some stories from Give Peas a Chance.2011  Too Small to Fail   Pizza Cake: And Other Funny Stories    Collection of short stories. Contains some stories from Tickled Onions. 2012  After  Penguin Books    Sequel to Once, Then and Now. 2013  Extra Time   2014  Loyal Creatures   2015  Soon  Viking    Sequel to Once, Then, Now and After.2016  Toad Delight  Penguin Random House    Sequel to Toad Rage, Toad Heaven, Toad Away and Toad Surprise. Snot Chocolate    Collection of short stories. 2017  Maybe    Sequel to Once, Then, Now, After and Soon2018  Funny Stories: and Other Funny Stories  Puffin Books    Collection of short stories. Contains all stories from Give Peas A Chance, Pizza Cake and Snot Chocolate, plus one new story.Help Around the House    2021  Always  Viking    Sequel to Once, Then, Now, After, Soon and Maybe.

Awards
1993
BILBY Award (Blabber Mouth)Morris Gleitzman, AustLit
CROW Award (Blabber Mouth)
1994
CROW Award (Sticky Beak)
1997
COOL Award (Belly Flop)
1998
BILBY Award (Bumface)
COOL Award (Bumface)
KOALA Award (Bumface)
YABBA Award (Bumface)
 2001
YABBA Award: Older Readers (Toad Rage)
2008
ANTO Cole Award (Toad Rage)
2013
COOL Award (Pizza Cake)
2016
Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year: Younger Readers (Soon)Book of the Year – Winners 2016 , Children's Book Council of Australia

 References 

 Other websites 
 Official website

Category:1953 births
Category:Living people
Category:Australian children's writers
Category:Australian television writers
Category:Writers from Lincolnshire