I first fell in love with Melina Marchetta's books upon reading Saving Francesca, an unforgettable coming-of-age story about finding oneself, falling in love with the most unexpected people, and ...

This tender sequel to Saving Francesca focuses on Francesca's friend, Thomas Finch Mackee, whose family is being torn apart by tragedy. Two years ago when Tom's young uncle was killed by a suicide ...

TELL THE TRUTH, SHAME THE DEVIL by Melina Marchetta is a timely crime novel that will resonate with the world we're currently living in. It deals with terrorism, with racism and the prejudices people ...

Melina Marchetta, author of the Printz Award-winning “Jellicoe Road,” delivers a speech at the 2009 Michael L. Printz Awards, July 13, in Chicago. Terry Pratchett, author of the Honor Book "Nation," ...

There was a time when Melina Marchetta resented the success of her first novel, Looking for Alibrandi, a beloved Australian book for young adults.

In a spellbinding companion to Finnikin of the Rock, set three years after the events of that book, Marchetta shifts attention from Lumatere to its neighboring enemy kingdom of Charyn, no stranger to ...

Melina Marchetta’s young adult novel “On the Jellicoe Road” is being adapted for TV by Germany’s ZDF Enterprises, Australia’s Werner Film, and Wild Sheep Content, the fledgling production outfit ...

It's the rare author who manages to switch between genres, going from witches and wizards to the everyday dilemmas of a modern family. Most find the genre in which they're most comfortable and stick ...

When Rosie Gennaro, 19, meets 20-something Jim Hailler, it’s during a storm of biblical proportions in a tiny Queensland town. Both are accidental blow-ins. A couple of drinks later they fall into bed ...