Michael Gerard Bauer

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Michael Gerard Bauer (born August 10, 1955 in Brisbane ) is an Australian writer.

Life

Bauer attended Marist College in Ashgrove and then studied at the University of Queensland .

In 2000, he cut hours from his full post as an English and business teacher in order to pursue his dream of becoming a writer. Nevertheless, it took 4 years to publish his first youth novel The Running Man (Eng. Running Man ). This has been awarded numerous prizes, including “Book of the year” from the Children's Book Council of Australia. His next book Don't call me Ishmael! also became an international bestseller, so that in 2007 he wrote a sequel under the title Ishmael and the Manatee Appearance and finally completed his Ishmael series in 2011 with Ishmael-Ready is everything . These and other titles by him have so far (as of 2018) been sold in 42 countries and translated into 12 languages.

Michael Gerard Bauer is married and has one son. He now lives as a "full-time" writer on the outskirts of Brisbane.

Awards

  • 2005: Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) - Book of the Year for Older Readers for The Running Man
  • 2005: Courier Mail People's Choice Award for Younger Readers for The Running Man
  • 2005: Shortlisted Victorian Premiers Awards for The Running Man
  • 2007: Top 7 in September for Running Man
  • 2007: JuBu Book of the Month for December for Running Man
  • 2007: nominated for the Children's Book of the Year Award 2007 : Don't Call Me Ishmael!
  • 2007: Children's Peace Literature Award for Don't Call Me Ishmael!
  • 2008: South Australian Festival Award for Children's Literature for Don't Call Me Ishmael!
  • 2008: Silver Lufti in the 14th prize round (February 11, 2008) for The Running Man
  • 2008: Catholic children's and youth book award for Running Man
  • 2008: Nominated for the German Youth Literature Prize : Running Man
  • 2008: On the leaderboard The best 7 in March: Don't call me Ismael!
  • 2009: On the best list The best 7 in August: Ismael - Everything is ready

Bibliography (selection)

Individual evidence

  1. a b c About , short vita of Michael Gerard Bauer, online at michaelgerardbauer.com

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