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Markus Zusak has had many notable accomplishments throughout his writing career. He has won several awards for his books. The novel, The Messenger, published May 9th, 2006, won 2003 Book of the Year and the 2003 NSW Premiers Literary Award.Also, The Book Thief, published March 14, 2006, was translated and sold in over 30 different languages. It has held the number one position in amazon.com and a New York Times bestseller. Markus Zusak has also created many other pieces, published the trilogy Underdogs, which includes the novels Underdog (May 1st 1999), Fighting Ruben Wolfe (June 1st 2002) and Getting the Girl (June 1st 2004), early in his career. He also was a contributing author to the short stories piece, The Happy Prince and Other Stories (November 2009).
Markus Zusak has had many notable accomplishments throughout his writing career. He has won several awards for his books. The novel, The Messenger, published May 9th, 2006, won 2003 Book of the Year and the 2003 NSW Premiers Literary Award.Also, The Book Thief, published March 14, 2006, was translated and sold in over 30 different languages. It has held the number one position in amazon.com and a New York Times bestseller. Markus Zusak has also created many other pieces, published the trilogy Underdogs, which includes the novels Underdog (May 1st 1999), Fighting Ruben Wolfe (June 1st 2002) and Getting the Girl (June 1st 2004), early in his career. He also was a contributing author to the short stories piece, The Happy Prince and Other Stories (November 2009).
Australian author Markus Zusak grew up hearing stories about Germany during WWII, about the bombing of Munich and about Jews being marched through his mother's small, German town. He always knew it was a story he wanted to tell.
"We have these images of the straight-marching lines of boys and the 'Heil Hitlers' and this idea that everyone in Germany was in it together. But there still were rebellious children and people who didn't follow the rules and people who hid Jews and other people in their houses. So there's another side to Germany," said Zusak in an interview with The Sydney Morning Herald.
"We have these images of the straight-marching lines of boys and the 'Heil Hitlers' and this idea that everyone in Germany was in it together. But there still were rebellious children and people who didn't follow the rules and people who hid Jews and other people in their houses. So there's another side to Germany," said Zusak in an interview with The Sydney Morning Herald.