Morris Gleitzman


Morris Gleitzman is an English-born Australian author of children's and young adult fiction. He has gained recognition for sparking an interest in AIDS in his controversial novel Two Weeks with the Queen.
Gleitzman has collaborated on many children's series with another Australian children's author, Paul Jennings. Gleitzman has also published three collections of his newspaper columns for The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald as books for an adult readership, and he used to write for the popular Norman Gunston Show in the 1970s. His latest book in the "Once" series, Maybe, was released in 2017. His most successful books are the Toad series of books.
In February 2018, Gleitzman was named the Australian Children's Laureate for 2018/2019.

Early life

Gleitzman was born in Sleaford, Lincolnshire. He moved to Australia in 1969 when he was 16.

Books

Awards