Melina Marchetta (Hon English 1A)

Jellicoe Road is written by Melina Marchetta. She lives in Sydney, Australia, with her newborn daughter. 

She has written other books including  Looking for Alibrandi, Saving Francesca , and Finnikin of the Rock. 

Awards:

Looking for Alibrandi:

 Children's Book Council of Australia award (1993)

Saving Francesca:

Children's Book Council of Australia award (2004)

Jellicoe Road:

WAYRBA voted by teenagers in Western Australia (2008)

US Printz Medal (2009)

Finnikin of the Rock:

 Aurealis Award for YA fantasy

Looking for Alibrandy was made into a movie, and Jellicoe Road is being made currently. 

A video about Melina's writing room: 

http://www.abc.net.au/tv/firsttuesday/s3860882.htm

Works Cited:

http://melinamarchetta.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/looking-for-alibrandi.jpg

http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/47104.Melina_Marchetta