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Justine Larbalestier

Born

in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

September 23, 1967

Website

http://www.justinelarbalestier.com/

Genre

Young Adult

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Justine Larbalestier is an Australian young-adult fiction author. She is best known for the Magic or Madness trilogy: Magic or Madness, Magic Lessons and the newly released Magic's Child. She also wrote one adult non-fiction book, the Hugo-nominated The Battle of the Sexes in Science Fiction (Best Related Book, 2003), and edited another, Daughters of Earth: Feminist Science Fiction in the Twentieth Century.

Her surname has been pronounced in several different ways, but the FAQ on her website says that Lar-bal-est-ee-air is correct:

Q: How do you pronounce your surname? A: Lar-bal-est-ee-air. It can also be pronounced Lar-bal-est-ee-ay or Lar-bal-est-ee-er. Those are all fine by me. Friends at school used to pronounce it: Lavaworm. I have to ...more

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The Mortons

My next book will be THE MORTONS.

Co-written with Scott Westerfeld, it comes out on 21 July, 2026 in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the USA, and in the UK later this year.

You can pre-order it NOW in the USA and Canada, the UK, and Australia and New Zealand.

In this family, murder is currency. Business is booming.

THE MORTONS is an epic novel of alliances and power, loyalty and kinship, and th

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Justine Larbalestier’s books

Average rating: 3.59 · 57,339 ratings · 8,715 reviews · 26 distinct works • Similar authors

	My Sister Rosa 3.78 avg rating — 9,017 ratings — published 2016 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Liar 3.28 avg rating — 8,902 ratings — published 2009 — 35 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How to Ditch Your Fairy 3.35 avg rating — 4,428 ratings — published 2008 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Magic or Madness (Magic or Madness, #1) 3.52 avg rating — 4,165 ratings — published 2005 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Team Human by Justine Larbalestier, Sarah Rees Brennan (Goodreads Author) 3.57 avg rating — 3,984 ratings — published 2012 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Magic Lessons (Magic or Madness, #2) 3.51 avg rating — 2,171 ratings — published 2006 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Magic's Child (Magic or Madness, #3) 3.47 avg rating — 1,828 ratings — published 2007 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Razorhurst 3.55 avg rating — 1,119 ratings — published 2014 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Daughters of Earth: Feminist Science Fiction in the Twentieth Century 4.12 avg rating — 251 ratings — published 2006 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Battle of the Sexes in Science Fiction 3.90 avg rating — 124 ratings — published 2002 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Justine Larbalestier (?)

“The job of every generation is to discover the flaws of the one that came before it. That's part of growing up, figuring out all the ways your parents and their friends are broken.”
― Justine Larbalestier, Zombies Vs. Unicorns

tags: children, human-nature, intergenerational-relations, parents

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“A difference in self loathing? Please. The only difference between a gun and a rope is the time it takes to tie the knot.”
― Justine Larbalestier, Zombies Vs. Unicorns

tags: dark-humor

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“Really, according to the shrinks, I am angry at everyone ever. Especially them.

I am all anger and resentment all the time.

Not one of them has ever suggested that maybe I lie because the world is better the way I tell it.”
― Justine Larbalestier, Liar

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11 votes, 6.6%

How to Ditch Your Fairy by Justine Larbalestier

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