About the author of the book thief

A few days ago, when i was starting the book thief, my mother stopped by and saw the book on my coffee table. Set in germany in the years 19391943, the book thief tells the story of liesel, narrated by death who has in his possession the book she wrote about these years. For more information about markus zusak or events happening in conjunction with the chicago public librarys the book thief one book, one chicago. The author is a prizewinning writer of childrens books, and this, his first novel for adults, proved to be a triumphant success. International bestselling author markus zusaks haunting novel the book thief spent over 500 weeks on the new york times bestseller list after its publication. The next time he saw her was when he came for a pilot who had crashed his plane. In the hands of australian writer markus zusak, death is a surprisingly enjoyable omniscient narrator. Interview with markus zusak, author of the book thief. Markus zusak, author of the book thief, talks creating. Published in 2005, the book thief became an international bestseller and was translated into 63 languages and sold 16 million copies. Death introduces himself as the narrator of the novel. A sympathetically drawn death narrates the story of orphan liesel meminger, who finds friendship and a new family in a small town in germany during world war ii. Interview with author of the book thief steppenwolf theatre. The 44yearold australian author came to the iowa city public library monday night for a stop on his tour promoting his latest novel, bridge of clay.

Collaborative, selfdirected learners use a variety of reading strategies to analyze, understand, and create personal enrichment, inquiry, and problem solve when engaging with markus zusaks historical fiction novel, the book thief. She also discovers the power of words and books as hitlers nazi agenda threatens to destroy. Published in 2005, the book thief became an international. His work is translated into more than forty languages, and has spent more than a decade on the new york times bestseller list, establishing zusak as one of the most successful authors to come out of australia. Markus zusak, the author of the book thief, the bestselling world war ii drama that was made into a film starring geoffrey. The book thief by marcus zusak was the bestselling debut literary novel of the year 2007, selling over 400,000 copies. They have even made such a great movie based on the book and today i will talk about the character liesel meminger. Markus zusak is the international bestselling author of six novels, including the book thief and most recently, bridge of clay. 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. Author interview markus zusak, author of the book thief bookpage. Set in germany in the years 19391943, the book thief tells the story of liesel, narrated by death who has in his possession the book she wrote about these.

The book thief is a historical novel by australian author markus zusak and is his most popular work. The darkest times in the history of nations are the times when humans believe that evil is the only way to good. Having just read it herself and knowing me better than anyone else in the world, i might add, she was determined to save me from myself. Random house has announced the publication of bridge of clay, a highly anticipated ya novel by markus zusak, the internationally bestselling. Interview with markus zusak, author of the book thief youtube. Markus zusak was born in in sydney, australia, the youngest of four interview with markus zusak, author of the book thief and i am the messenger. His novel comes years after the release of the book thief, and the process, according to zusak, was full of ups and downs.