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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: Out Now

The Mortons, my first novel for adults, co-written with Scott Westerfeld, is now available in Australia, Canada, New Zealand & the USA!

Here’s an essay we wrote for People on what it was like writing together.

Here’s some early reactions:

“The book thrums with creative verve, mordant humor and amusing detours into subjects like art, avant-garde fashion and mixology . . . . What you would get if yo

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Average rating: 3.59 · 57,746 ratings · 8,834 reviews · 30 distinct works • Similar authors

	My Sister Rosa 3.78 avg rating — 9,091 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 — 8,916 ratings — published 2009	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 — 4,427 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 — 4,178 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 — 3,986 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 — 2,176 ratings — published 2006	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 — 1,830 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 — 1,122 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 Mortons by Justine Larbalestier, Scott Westerfeld (Goodreads Author) 3.75 avg rating — 278 ratings — published 2026 — 10 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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