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
people ready academy
I enjoyed Ready For This, which was created by the people behind Dance Academy and Redfern Now, and really it's what you'd get if you crossed Redfern Now with Dance Academy
sky collaboration stories
Some worked in collaboration with each other to produce comics as well as short stories.I was partnered with Anita Roy. We critiqued each other's stories. Hers is a corker: future Masterchef. I chortled. There's not a single dud in Eat the Sky.
mean usual honest
The acclaim for Razorhurst means even more to me than usual because, let's be honest, Razorhurst is weird.
echoes once-upon-a-time fiction
When I was little, I made up my own fairy tales, and the ghostly echo of Once upon a time shapes all the fiction Ive ever written.
stars pneumonia giving
Lungs, they do not like to be messed with. I give pneumonia one star and that's for the silent p.
long zombie proletariat
Zombies are the proletariat. Long live the workers!
lying world way
Really, according to the shrinks, I am angry at everyone ever. Especially them. I am all anger and resentment all the time. Not one of them has ever suggested that maybe I lie because the world is better the way I tell it.
gun self differences
A difference in self loathing? Please. The only difference between a gun and a rope is the time it takes to tie the knot.
book schedules my-sister
My Sister Rosa was bumped from the schedule. None of my books has ever been bumped before. It freaked me out.
liars lying father
My father is a liar and so am I. But I’m going to stop. I have to stop. I will tell you my story and I will tell it straight. No lies, no omissions. That’s my promise. This time I truly mean it.
add want critique
I can critique the bad; I can take the good, and I can add whatever I want.
eating-good world favourite
Eating good food is my favourite thing in the whole world. Nothing is more blissful.
art creating world
Speaking out and creating art that truly reflects the world we live in goes part of the way towards doing that. At least that's what I hope.
falling-in-love ideas scary
My favourite vampires are all very scary indeed. So the idea of falling in love with one is just weird to me.