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    The Children's Writer
    The Children's Writer
    The Children's Writer
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    The Children's Writer

    By Gary Crew

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    A dazzling novel about writers and writing, love and loss ... the first adult novel from this multi-award-winning children's writer
    Charlie Bloome wants to be a writer. twenty-three years old, he is studying literature and living with his gamine partner, Alice - 'Lootie' - who plans to be a teacher and is less than supportive of Charlie's dreams. Into their lives comes the flamboyant Sebastian Chanteleer, an ageing but internationally acclaimed children's writer. Upon meeting, Lootie and Chanteleer establish an immediate bond. As the children's writer makes his presence felt in the younger couple's lives, Charlie struggles to come to terms with his own past and identity, and with what is happening to Lootie. Does Charlie have what it takes to be a writer? Does Chanteleer represent the best or worst a writer can be? And what happens to those caught up in a writer's world? Gary Crew has crafted a compelling and superbly written study of passions and ambitions, and an insider's look at the creative process and the foibles and delusions of those who practise it.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins Publishers Australia
    Release dateFeb 1, 2010
    ISBN9780730443445
    The Children's Writer
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    Gary Crew

    Gary Crew has written over fifty books for children and young adults and won many awards both internationally and in Australia, including the Australian Children's Book Council Book of the Year four times, and both the New South Wales and Victorian Premier's Award for Children's Literature. Gary lives in Maleny in Queensland and is Associate Professor (Creative Writing) at the University of the Sunshine Coast.

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