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Demet Divaroren was born in her mother’s childhood home in Adana, Turkey. She migrated to Australia with her family when she was six months old and grew up on the outskirts of Melbourne.

Her debut novel Living on Hope Street won the 2018 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award’s Prize for Writing for Young Adults and was shortlisted in the 2018 Prime Minister’s Literary Award for Young Adult fiction. Demet is the co-editor of CBCA shortlisted anthology Growing Up Muslim in Australia (A&U) that provides different snapshots of Muslim life, dispelling myths and labels and celebrating diversity.

Blood Moon Bride is her second novel.

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	Living on Hope Street 3.84 avg rating — 296 ratings — published 2017 — 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
	Coming of Age: Growing up Muslim in Australia by Amra Pajalic (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Demet Divaroren (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 3.93 avg rating — 198 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	From the Outer: Footy Like You've Never Heard It by Alicia Sometimes (Editor), Nicole Hayes (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Alan Duffy (Contributor) 3.76 avg rating — 78 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	Blood Moon Bride 3.57 avg rating — 58 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
	Best Summer Stories by Aviva Tuffield (Editor), Michael Mohammed Ahmad (Contributor), Liz Allan (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.30 avg rating — 43 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
	Griffith REVIEW 44: Cultural Solutions by Julianne Schultz (Editor), Scott Rankin (Contributor), Vivienne Skinner (Contributor) 4.11 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2014	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
	Blood Moon Bride 4.50 avg rating — 2 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
	Blood Moon Bride: Blood Moon Bride, Book 1 by Demet Divaroren (Goodreads Author), Flora Ogilvy (Narrator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 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

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Blood Moon Bride is a fierce and powerful fantasy novel from the award-winning Australian author of Living on Hope Street. In Demet Divaroren’s fantasy debut, Rehya is forced into marriage for her valley’s survival, where she must decide: submit or rebel against a ruthless system?

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