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Jocelyn Harewood

Goodreads Author

Born

in Wellington, New Zealand

Website

http://www.HarewoodBooks.com.au

Genre

Ebooks, Humor and Comedy, Young Adult

Influences

Mostly being the child of a preacher man

Member Since

October 2012

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I have lived in many places, mostly in Australia, but settled in Melbourne when I had kids, so they weren't moved everywhere like I had been. I left school at 15, worked in a laboratory, sold insurance, taught maths, wrote off-campus training manuals, then finally settled into writing as my passion. Once I think people need to know something, I can't stop writing about it. Missionary zeal, I think, as I come from a family of preachers.
Mostly I like to write about teenagers, as they often get a raw deal. So my books are called Young Adult fiction, but I really write them for parents. My next book is about how poor people don't get access to help, even though laws are written to help them.
All my work is funny. Black humour, or just bawdy. It ...more

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Jocelyn Harewood's Blog

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I'd be better at this if blogging meant sitting on a plank of wood and hurtling down a mountain side - or a very little hill. I shall try to find somebody's blog to see what they say.
Just had a discussion with Optus re phone bill. $382 for a 7hr 21min phone call. Duh. Fortunately they cancelled the bill. They seemed to think that even I couldn't talk for that length of time.
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Jocelyn Harewood’s books

Average rating: 3.99 · 87 ratings · 11 reviews · 32 distinct works

	Romper Stomper 3.83 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2012	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
	Vanuatu Adventures: Kava and Chaos in the Sth Pacific 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — 2 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
	Voices in the Wash-house 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2012 — 2 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
	Spiked 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1997 — 3 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
	Worms in the Night it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2012	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
	Flying Colours it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2012	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
	Stepping on Mussels... it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2012	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
	Vanuatu 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2012	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
	Lover Boy 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings	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
	Lift Off With Lotis by Jocelyn Harewood (Goodreads Author), Leanne Fleming it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1992	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