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Richard Newsome

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Wanganui, New Zealand

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Richard Newsome lives in Australia and has worked as a journalist for daily newspapers, radio and TV; as a consultant with one of the world’s foremost strategy consultancies; and as communications director of a multinational media company. Richard’s debut novel, The Billionaire’s Curse, won the inaugural Text Prize for Children’s and Young Adult writing, as well as the Esther Glen medal, New Zealand's oldest literary award. The book is the first volume of a trilogy, and has been sold to publishers in the United States, Canada, Australia, Germany, Poland, Italy, Spain and Turkey. The book started as a bedtime story for his children and it took Richard ten years to get around to finishing it. ...more

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	The Billionaire's Curse (Billionaire, #1) by Richard Newsome (Goodreads Author), Jonny Duddle (Illustrator) 3.93 avg rating — 1,806 ratings — published 2009 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Emerald Casket (Billionaire, #2) by Richard Newsome (Goodreads Author), Jonny Duddle (Illustrations) 4.09 avg rating — 653 ratings — published 2010 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Mask of Destiny (Billionaire, #3) 4.12 avg rating — 464 ratings — published 2011 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Crystal Code (Billionaire, #4) 4.05 avg rating — 153 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The House of Puzzles (Billionaire, #5) 4.16 avg rating — 90 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Curiosity Machine (Billionaire, #6) 4.14 avg rating — 44 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Stella the Unstoppable and The Talent Show Fiasco 4.57 avg rating — 14 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Stella the Unstoppable and the School Camp Kerfuffle 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Stella the Unstoppable and the Magic Underpants 3.75 avg rating — 8 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Mask of Destiny (Archer Legacy) by Newsome, Richard (2013) Paperback it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Greed's an ugly thing to see red raw in the face.”
― Richard Newsome, The Billionaire's Curse

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“Well, have yer ever, at any time in yer life, seen a face that looks more like a pig's arse?”
― Richard Newsome, The Billionaire's Curse

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message 9: by Richard

Dec 25, 2012 03:18PM

Hey Cindy, thanks for the good wishes. Hope you have a year full of books and wild imaginings!

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message 8: by Cindy

Dec 24, 2012 04:15PM

Merry Christmas Richard! I hope you have a great Christmas!

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message 7: by Richard

Apr 19, 2012 12:08AM

Tiana wrote: "Haaay! Thankyou SOSOSOSOSOSOSO much for joining my new group (:"

You better get writing, then!

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message 6: by Tiana

Apr 18, 2012 10:51PM

Haaay! Thankyou SOSOSOSOSOSOSO much for joining my new group (:

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message 5: by Brianna

Mar 02, 2012 01:07AM

You are one of the best writters i have ever known. Your books are very well set out and you explain things in your books in a way that helps people understand it better than most other books. Thank you for writting such fantastic books.

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message 4: by Richard

Nov 10, 2011 05:52PM

Nelson wrote: "I cannot believe you only gave 3 stars to Harry Potter."

In my defence, it was only because that one didn't match up to the earlier ones, that's all!

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message 3: by Tiana

Oct 28, 2011 09:53PM

Hey Richard !

You should join our (me and bridey's we both go to aquinas) group on goodreads where we post our group ! you are fourth author that i have met in person and i really enjoyed meeting you.

thanks tiana (:

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message 2: by Tiana

Oct 28, 2011 09:50PM

Nelson wrote: "I cannot believe you only gave 3 stars to Harry Potter."

omg i agree with you (:

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message 1: by Nelson

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