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Born
in Sydney, Australia
June 23, 1975

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Markus Zusak is the author of five books, including the international bestseller, The Book Thief , which spent more than a decade on the New York Times bestseller list, and is translated into more than forty languages – establishing Zusak as one of the most successful authors to come out of Australia.

To date, Zusak has held the number one position at Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, the New York Times bestseller list, as well as in countries across South America, Europe and Asia.

His books, The Underdog, Fighting Ruben Wolfe, When Dogs Cry (also titled Getting the Girl ), The Messenger (or I am the Messenger ) and The Book Thief have been awarded numerous honours ranging from literary prizes to readers choice awards to prizes ...more

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Average rating: 4.36 · 3,164,800 ratings · 190,278 reviews · 32 distinct works • Similar authors
The Book Thief
4.39 avg rating — 2,921,324 ratings — published 2005 — 469 editions
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I Am the Messenger
4.02 avg rating — 171,027 ratings — published 2002 — 128 editions
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Bridge of Clay
3.81 avg rating — 46,332 ratings — published 2018 — 100 editions
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Getting the Girl (Wolfe Bro...
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Three Wild Dogs
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Fighting Ruben Wolfe (Wolfe...
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Underdog (Wolfe Brothers, #1)
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“Sometimes people are beautiful.
Not in looks.
Not in what they say.
Just in what they are.”
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tags: beauty, life
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“The only thing worse than a boy who hates you: a boy that loves you.”
― Markus Zusak, The Book Thief
tags: boys, hate, love
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“I have hated words and I have loved them, and I hope I have made them right.”
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tags: power-of-words
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