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  <name><![CDATA[Markus Zusak]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[Markus Zusak (born in 1975 in Sydney) is an Australian author. He is the son of an Austrian father and German mother and he is the youngest of four children.

Zusak is best known for his novels I Am The Messenger and The Book Thief. These have been very successful both in Australia and internationally, and have sold more copies and received more publicity and critical acclaim than his other novels.

In November 2006, a book video of The Book Thief was created by Jon Haller, a student at the Columbia University graduate film program and was nominated in The Book Standard's Teen Book Video Awards.

Zusak lives in Sydney, with his wife and daughter and has taken up surfing.]]></about>    <gender>male</gender>  <hometown>Sydney</hometown>  <born_at>01/01/1975</born_at>    
  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Book Thief]]></title>
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  <average_rating>4.37</average_rating>
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  <published>2005</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[I Am the Messenger]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Markus Zusak]]></name>
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  <published>2002</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Happy Prince and Other Stories]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Markus Zusak]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[Markus Zusak]]></name>
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  <published>1966</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Getting the Girl]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Markus Zusak]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[Fighting Ruben Wolfe]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Markus Zusak]]></name>
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  <published>1999</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Push Anthology]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Patricia McCormick]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[Kevin Waltman]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[Samantha Schutz]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[Coe Booth]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[Eddie De Oliveira]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[Markus Zusak]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[Brian James]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[Kristen Kemp]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[Eireann Corrigan]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[Christopher Krovatin]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[Billy Merrell]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.28</average_rating>
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  <published>2007</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Underdog]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Markus Zusak]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[Bridge of Clay]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[La ladrona de libros]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Markus Zusak]]></name>
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