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Gary Crew

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93+ Works 1,423 Membros 58 Críticas 2 Favorited

About the Author

Gary Crew was born on September 23, 1947 in Brisbane, Australia. He left school at age 16 to become a cadet Civil Engineering Draftsman. He graduated from the Queensland Institute of Technology and worked in a drawing office for ten years as a design draftsman. He became bored and decided to try mostrar mais teaching. He received a master's degree in literature at Queensland University and became a teacher in 1974. He taught English at various high schools in Brisbane. Crew began writing fiction in 1985. Because of his teaching background and his own teenage children, he decided to write for children and young adults. He won the Children's Book Council Book of the Year four times - twice for his young adult novels, Strange Objects in 1991 and Angel's Gate in 1993, and twice for his illustrated books, First Light in 1993 and The Watertower in 1994. His other works include The Viewer, Mama's Babies, and The Lost Diamonds of Killiecrankie. He also writes crime and science-fiction short stories for both young adult and adult audiences. His other awards include the National Children's Book Award, the NSW and Victorian Premiers' Awards, and the Ned Kelly Award for crime fiction. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos

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Obras por Gary Crew

Memorial (1999) 140 exemplares
Strange Objects (1991) 128 exemplares
The Viewer (1997) 115 exemplares
The Watertower (1994) 99 exemplares
Pig on the Titanic: A True Story (2005) 70 exemplares
Angel's Gate (1993) 64 exemplares
First Light (1993) 33 exemplares
The Diviner's Son (2002) 31 exemplares
Mama's Babies: A Novel (1998) 28 exemplares
Bright Star (1996) 28 exemplares
The Children's Writer (2009) 27 exemplares
Tracks (1992) 26 exemplares
Dear Venny, Dear Saffron (1999) 22 exemplares
The Mystery of the Eilean Mor (2005) 22 exemplares
Dark House (1995) — Editor, Contributor — 20 exemplares
Cat on the island (2008) 19 exemplares
Edward Britton (2000) 19 exemplares
The blue feather (1997) 19 exemplares
Plague of Quentaris: The Lothian (2005) 18 exemplares
Gothic Hospital (2001) 17 exemplares
Beneath the Surface (2004) 15 exemplares
Caleb (1996) 15 exemplares
The House of Tomorrow (1988) 14 exemplares
The Inner Circle (1986) — Autor — 14 exemplares
The Truth About Emma (2008) 13 exemplares
Quetta (2002) 12 exemplares
Lucy's Bay (1992) 12 exemplares
The Lace Maker's Daughter (2005) 12 exemplares
Old Ridley (2002) 12 exemplares
Bent-Back Bridge (1995) 10 exemplares
The well (1996) 10 exemplares
Kraken (2001) 9 exemplares
Tagged (1997) 8 exemplares
Automaton (2002) 8 exemplares
The barn (1995) 8 exemplares
The boy who grew into a tree (2012) 7 exemplares
The Windmill (1998) 7 exemplares
The End of the Line (Shade Books) (2007) — Autor — 7 exemplares
Me and My Dog (Takeaways) (2005) 7 exemplares
The Saw Doctor (Making Tracks) (1800) 7 exemplares
The Cuckoo (2014) 6 exemplares
The lantern (2005) 6 exemplares
Stolen children of Quentaris (2006) 6 exemplares
Crew's 13 : classic tales of the macabre & fantastic (1997) — Editor — 6 exemplares
In my father's room (2000) 6 exemplares
Arno the Garbo (2001) 6 exemplares
The cave (1999) 6 exemplares
The Bread of Heaven (1999) 5 exemplares
Quest : Sam Silverthorne (2005) 5 exemplares
In the beech forest (2012) 5 exemplares
Menace (2006) 5 exemplares
Damon (2011) 5 exemplares
The Fort (1998) 5 exemplares
The Rainbow (2001) 5 exemplares
Gulliver in the south seas (1994) 4 exemplares
Force of Evil (1998) 4 exemplares
The Grandstand (After Dark 33) (1999) 4 exemplares
Inventing Anthony West (1994) 4 exemplares
Valley of the Bones (2000) 4 exemplares
Cruel nest (2001) 4 exemplares
The survivors (1999) 3 exemplares
The Visions of Ichabod X (2015) 3 exemplares
Voicing the dead (2015) 3 exemplares
The figures of Julian Ashcroft (1995) 3 exemplares
The architecture of song (2012) 3 exemplares
Sam Silverthorne Victory (2007) — Autor — 3 exemplares
Gino the Genius (2000) 3 exemplares
The serpent's tale (2010) 3 exemplares
Leaving the Lyrebird Forrest (2019) 2 exemplares
Time to care (1995) 2 exemplares
Finding home (2009) 2 exemplares
Änglamakerskans dotter (1999) 2 exemplares
The windmill trilogy (1999) 1 exemplar
Die alte Bruecke (1998) 1 exemplar
Corn field (2014) 1 exemplar
Face to Stony Face 1 exemplar
Timing the Machine (2016) 1 exemplar
In The Secret Place (2023) 1 exemplar
Three baby monkeys (1995) 1 exemplar
The Cat on the Island (2013) 1 exemplar

Associated Works

Altered Voices (1994) — Contribuidor — 60 exemplares
Trapped!: Cages of Mind and Body (1938) — Contribuidor — 43 exemplares
The Blue Dress (1991) — Autor — 23 exemplares
Hair-Raising: Ten Horror Stories (1992) — Contribuidor — 14 exemplares

Etiquetado

Conhecimento Comum

Nome canónico
Crew, Gary
Data de nascimento
1947-09-23
Sexo
male
Nacionalidade
Australia
Local de nascimento
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Locais de residência
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Educação
Queensland University
Ocupações
academic (University of the Sunshine Coast)
young adult writer
Organizações
Queensland Writers Centre
Prémios e menções honrosas
Ned Kelly Prize for Crime Fiction (1996)

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Crew was born in Brisbane, Queensland.
He lives with his wife Christine in the mountains of the Sunshine Coast Hinterland. Crew began writing young adult fictionin 1985. He also writes Crime and Science Fiction short stories for both youth and adult audiences. He is the series Editor of Lothian's After Dark series of Macabre Tales. His books are published internationally - from Greenland to New York.

He is a Senior lecturer in Creative Writing, Children's and Adult Literature at the University of the Sunshine Coast. He is a member of the Queensland Writers Centre.

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YA, scrapbook style, set in Australia/NZ em Name that Book (Maio 2012)

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My review of this book can be found on my YouTube Vlog at:

https://youtu.be/X9OJtKMUlGs

Enjoy!
 
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booklover3258 | 5 outras críticas | Feb 23, 2024 |
This book has a lame cover which will mean that students won't pick it up to read. That is unfortunate, as the story is beautifully written by Crew and is really a very moving one about growing up and discovering who you can be. Ben has a deformed foot from an accident caused by his drug addicted mother's boyfriend. He lives with his father now and doesn't see his mother or little sister. In Year 8, he is teased by the "Six" at school, a group of athletic boys from the Rugby team who are in Year 10. He doesn't have any friends and eats his lunch under a giant fig in the playground. A Year 9 girl also eats her lunch there and they start chatting. Ben then discovers a cave on the way home from school and in his "secret place" he builds up the courage to stand up to his bullies (One of which he discovers also has a scar and has insecurities like himself) and face the challenges his family and school life bring.
Well written book that evokes the Queensland rural school setting.
… (mais)
 
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nicsreads | Aug 21, 2023 |
I ricordi, invece, sono diversi. I ricordi sono immortali.
Come dici tu, figliolo, come il nostro albero...

(al centrO)
 
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NewLibrary78 | 3 outras críticas | Jul 22, 2023 |
Come se fosse sempre stato tutto così.
(in qualche pagina del libretto)

L'eterno ritorno dell'uguale?
 
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NewLibrary78 | 5 outras críticas | Jul 22, 2023 |

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Estatísticas

Obras
93
Also by
4
Membros
1,423
Popularidade
#18,082
Avaliação
½ 3.7
Críticas
58
ISBN
233
Línguas
6
Marcado como favorito
2

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