I’ve officially been away from home for over a month now. I’ve
had heaps of family ask me whether I’m ‘homesick’, and I’m honestly not. I
didn’t have a huge amount of people that I actually liked back home, so that
probably has something to do with it. That’s besides the point. You know who do
like from back home?
Australian Authors.
(I found this and I just couldn't resist).
So today, I’m going to share some authors with you that you
probably don’t know about if you aren’t from Australia.
John Marsden.
He’s written loads of books, but is probably most well-known
for the Tomorrow series. The series starts with Tomorrow, When the War Began
and is about a bunch of Australian teenagers who come back from a camping trip
to find that the country has been invaded. They fight back, people die,
characters grow and things are really intense. And that’s only the first book,
because the second book was so intense that it screwed with my anxiety and I
had to put it down.
Melina Marchetta
If you’ve heard of anyone, it’ll be Melina
Marchetta. Her books On the Jellicoe Road and the Finnikin of the Rock
series did surprisingly well outside of Australia. She mostly writes
contemporaries that will rip your heart out, but the she dabbled in fantasy for
the Finnkin of the Rock which still ripped my heart out.
Buy Melina’s books here.
Ellie Marney
What’s that, you like having your heart ripped out and torn
to tiny pieces? Well, then Ellie
Marney is the author for you. Not convinced? Ellie’s Every
trilogy is a modern day Sherlock retelling (kind of) set in Melbourne (my
hometown). James Mycroft is everything you’ve ever wanted in a fictional
boyfriend even when he breaks your heart. You’ll absolutely hate Ellie Marney,
and then you’ll realise she’s actually the sweetest person ever and you’ll
spend your days wondering how on earth she messed you up this bad. Great news,
this series is just starting to be released in the US so you can all experience
the pain.
Buy Ellie’s books here.
Nansi Kunze
If you’ve been a follower for a while, you were probably
expecting this. Nansi Kunze is one
of my favourite authors of all-time. Her books are kind of hard to describe,
there’s three at the moment—Mishaps, Dangerously Placed and Kill the Music and
they are all a little different. Mishaps is a bit sci-fi, Dangerously
Placed is bit mystery, bit sci-fi and Kill
the Music is a bit mystery, bit oh-my-god-swoon. They are honestly so funny
and just absolutely great to read and one day, I will force everyone to love
them.
Buy Nansi’s books here.
Kylie Fornasier
Finally, we have the lovely Kylie Fornasier. Kylie only has
one YA book out at the moment, called Masquerade,
which focuses on seven teenagers during Carnavale in 1750 Venice. Can you
honestly say you’re not interested? It’s an absolutely gorgeous book, very
atmospheric and it just has the FEELS.
Buy Masquerade here.
*We will receive a small commission if you buy any books from the above links.
