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Scot Gardner
OccupationWriter
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAustralian
Notable worksBurning Eddy,The Dead I Know
Notable awardsWA Premiers Award, CBC Award for Young Adults
SpouseRobyn Grant
ChildrenJen, Belle, Bryce
Website
scotgardner.com

Scot Gardner is an Australian writer known for his young adult novels.[1] He has worked as a counselor and youth worker before becoming a full-time novelist.

Bibliography

"I’m not exactly sure how I ended up a writer. I wanted to be a veterinarian when I was at school, but I did work experience as a vet and it was nothing like I’d imagined." - Scot Gardner

  • One Dead Seagull (2001)
  • White Ute Dreaming (2002)
  • Burning Eddy (2003)[2][3][4][5]
  • The Legend of Kevin the Plumber (2004)
  • Kite Dude (2004)
  • Gravity (2006)
  • The Other Madonna (2007)
  • The Lonely Lady (2023)
  • Jacobs Last Walk (2022)
  • Fall From The Slippery Cliff (2021)
  • The Anti-Biotics Didn't Work (2020)
  • Jequis Ain't No Sucker (2001)
  • One Wheel Drive (2007)
  • The Lost King (2008)
  • The Detachable Boy (2008)
  • Bookmark Days (2009)
  • The Detachable Boy: With One Loose Foot (2010)[6]
  • Happy As Larry (2010)
  • The Dead I Know (2011)
  • The Way We Roll (2016)
  • Sparrow (2017)
  • Changing Gears (2018)
  • Off the Map (2020)

Critical studies and reviews

  • Mansfield, Stephen (September 2011). "Living without remembering". Australian Book Review (334): 66–67. Review of The dead I know.

References

  1. ^ "Saturdays with Hilary Harper". ABC. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
  2. ^ Potter, Troy (May 2007). "(Re)constructing Masculinity: Representations of Men and Masculinity in Australian Young Adult Literature". Papers: Explorations into Children's Literature. 17 (1): 28–35. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
  3. ^ Steward, Joy (February 2004). "Burning Eddy (review)". Reading Time: The Journal of the Children's Book Council. 48 (1): 21–22.
  4. ^ England, Katharine (17 May 2003). "Burning Eddy (review)". The Advertiser.
  5. ^ Julian, Janet (January 2006). "Burning Eddy.(Young Adult Review)(Audiobook Review)". Kliatt. 40 (1): 40. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
  6. ^ "Review: The Detachable Boy WITH ONE LOOSE FOOT". School Library Journal. Retrieved 12 September 2013.