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Off the Map - Softcover

Gardner; Scot

 
9781911679196: Off the Map

Synopsis

Our home town. Sometimes it feels like the centre of the universe, sometimes it\x27s the bum\-end of nowhere. We are her sons and daughters. These are our triumphs and our heartaches, our fears and hopes for a better life.<\/i>

<\/i>Getting lost, falling in love, pushing boundaries, exploring the world \- powerfully honest stories to make you think and feel, from the award\-winning author of The Dead I Know and Changing Gear.

\x27Off The Map is a stunning smorgasbord of short stories \- each one a treat to be savoured. These are stories that stroll through the Australian landscape with measured, confident steps that never miss a beat. Walking with Gardner is a delight \- you\x27re in for a wild, funny and profoundly moving journey.\x27 \- Barry Jonsberg, author of My Life as an Alphabet

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About the Author

Scot Gardner became a writer after a chance meeting with a magazine editor while hitchhiking in eastern Australia. Magazine articles led to op-ed newspaper pieces and eventually novels. Scot's first fiction for young adults, <i>One Dead Seagull</i>, was published after he attended a writing conference with John Marsden.<br><br>More than a decade later, his many books have found local and international favour and garnered praise and awards for their honest take on adolescent life. They include books like <i>White Ute Dreaming, Burning Eddy</i> and most recently <i>Changing Gear</i>, shortlisted for the CBCA Book of the Year Awards; <i>Happy as Larry</i>, winner of a WA Premier's Book Award for young adult fiction; and <i>The Dead I Know</i>, winner of the CBCA Book of the Year Award for Older Readers.<br><br>Scot lives with his wife in a vegetable garden in country Victoria.

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