Justine Larbalestier
Justine Larbalestier
Justine Larbalestieris an Australian writer of young-adult fiction best known for her 2009 novel, Liar. Her surname has been pronounced in several different ways. She says online that Lar-bal-est-ee-air is correct:...
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth23 September 1967
CountryAustralia
basically native travel western
I travel way too much to have any pets. But if I could have one, I'd want a quokka. They're basically small kangaroos native to Western Australia.
echo ghostly shapes time
When I was little, I made up my own fairy tales, and the ghostly echo of 'Once upon a time' shapes all the fiction I've ever written.
best came demand good novels people proof teens
I give people 'If You Came Softly' when they demand proof that novels for teens can be as good as the best novels for adults.
australian characters finding incredibly sydney
I remember that feeling when I was a young reader: finding books that were set in Sydney with Australian characters was incredibly exciting.
want able invisible
I am not Nostradamus.Nor would I want to be. I'm convinced being able to tell the future is the worst superpower. I'd rather be invisible and being invisible never ends well. Just read H. G. Wells!
nice writing difficulty
I'm sure other writers have no difficulties writing nice.
writing views opposites
I started writing a novel from the monster's point of view. It has its own difficulties but, I'm ashamed to say, it's much easier writing from a psychopath's point of view than from that of their empathetic opposite.
years blogging lasts
I continued blogging, but between illness and deadlines, did not manage to blog nearly as much as last year. I'm hoping to do better in 2016.
hate dying too-much
I love blogging, even though apparently it's still dying, and hate it when I have too much going on to do so regularly.
fashion love-you matter
Blogging, I love you no matter how out of fashion you are.
lucky able my-sister
My experience with My Sister Rosa showed me, once again, that I have a much easier time of it if I sell my novels after I finish them, not before. I'm lucky that I'm in a position where I'm able to do that.
thinking worry gaps
I think I've finally learned to stop worrying about how big the gaps are between my novels' publication.
writing able six
I'm almost back to being able to write as much as six hours a day .
culture bars lows
Sure, Malcolm Turnbull is less anti-science and anti-culture than [Tony] Abbott, but low bar, and there's not a lot to show for it beyond rhetoric.