James Moloney

James Jim Moloney is an Australian childrens author who has written 45 books including The Book of Lies, The Gracey Trilogy, and A Bridge to Wisemans Cove, which won the Australian Childrens Book Council Book of the Year Award in 1997. While his books span an age range from seven to seventeenyearolds, he is best known for his young adult novels.

Moloney was born in Sydney but grew up in Brisbane where he still lives today with his wife, Kate. He trained as a teacher and later became a teacherlibrarian, a role which sparked his interest in childrens literature and eventually led to his early attempts at writing. His first book, Crossfire, was published in 1992. His most recent book is Disappearing Act about a young sorcerer who travels to the small Principality of Montilagus to redeem his familys reputation. In 1998 he resigned from teaching at Marist College Ashgrove and now writes fulltime in a cabin in his backyard affectionately known by the family as Dads Shed.

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