Sonya Hartnett





Sonya Hartnett

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born
February 23, 1968 in Melbourne, Australia

gender
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Sonya Hartnett (also works under the pseudonym Cameron S. Redfern) is, or was, something of an Australian child prodigy author. She wrote her first novel at the age of thirteen, and had it published at fifteen. Her books have also been published in Europe and North America. Her novels have been published traditionally as young adult fiction, but her writing often crosses the divide and is also enjoyed by adults.

"I chose to narrate the story through a child because people like children, they WANT to like them," says Sonya Hartnett of THURSDAY'S CHILD, her brilliantly original coming-of-age story set during the Great Depression. "Harper [the young narrator] is the reason you get sucked into the characters. Even I, who like to distance myself...more


Average rating: 3.63 · 2,809 ratings · 627 reviews · 31 distinct works
Surrender
3.55 of 5 stars 3.55 avg rating — 594 ratings — published 2004 — 16 editions
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The Ghost's Child
3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 398 ratings — published 2007 — 14 editions
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Thursday's Child
3.78 of 5 stars 3.78 avg rating — 300 ratings — published 2000 — 14 editions
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Butterfly
3.21 of 5 stars 3.21 avg rating — 361 ratings — published 2009 — 16 editions
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The Silver Donkey
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3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 248 ratings — published 2004 — 14 editions
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The Midnight Zoo
3.62 of 5 stars 3.62 avg rating — 271 ratings — published 2010 — 12 editions
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What the Birds See
3.6 of 5 stars 3.60 avg rating — 267 ratings — published 2002 — 12 editions
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Sadie and Ratz
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4.15 of 5 stars 4.15 avg rating — 65 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions
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Stripes of the Sidestep Wolf
3.33 of 5 stars 3.33 avg rating — 73 ratings — published 2002 — 8 editions
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Princes
3.94 of 5 stars 3.94 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 1998 — 3 editions
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“Love is like moonlight or thunder, or rain on a tin roof in the middle of the night; it is one of those things in life that is truly worth knowing.”
Sonya Hartnett, The Ghost's Child

“I am dying: it's a beautiful word. Like the long slow sigh of the cello: dying. But the sound of it is the only beautiful thing about it.”
Sonya Hartnett, Surrender

“I want my life to be mystifying," she declared, although she didn't know what she meant.”
Sonya Hartnett, The Ghost's Child

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