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John Marsden was born in Victoria, Australia in 1950. He went to many different primary schools, and from an early age enjoyed the journeys into magical worlds that reading could provide. His teachers in Grade 4 and Grade 6 encouraged him to write, and at the age of nine he decided he wanted to become an author.
For seven years he attended The King's School Parramatta, a strict military school in Sydney, and from there went on to the University of Sydney. However, he soon decided that a career in law looked too boring, so he dropped out and drifted around for nearly 10 years, trying different jobs, and earning just enough money to support himself.
When he was 28, he began a teaching course, which he loved from the start. Embarking on a teaching career, he also became more and more interested in writing, and in 1987 succeeded in getting his first book, So Much to Tell You, published. A string of huge hits followed, highlighted by the Tomorrow series and The Ellie Chronicles. John has now sold more thantwo and a half million books in Australia alone, but is also an international best-seller, with many major awards to his credit.
John's interest in education has never waned. In 1998 he bought the Tye Estate, 850 acres of natural bush, on the northern edge of Melbourne, and later added the property next door. For eight years he ran enormously popular writers' courses and camps at Tye, before starting his own school there, Candlebark, in 2006.
Candlebark is a P-8 school, which has been described by John as "somewhere between Steiner and The Simpsons". Its friendly lively and positive atmosphere has resulted in such early success that it has a four-year waiting list.
Burning for Revenge
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Burning for Revenge
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Burning for Revenge (Film Tie-In)
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Checkers
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Circle of Flight: The Ellie Chronicles
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Circle of Flight: The Ellie Chronicles
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Cool School
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Creep Street
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Darkness, Be My Friend
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Darkness, Be My Friend
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Dead of the Night, The
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Dear Miffy
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Everything I Know About Writing
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For Weddings and a Funeral
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Great Gatenby, The
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Incurable: The Ellie Chronicles
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Incurable: The Ellie Chronicles
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Journey, The
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Letters from the Inside
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Looking for Trouble
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Night is for Hunting, The
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Night is for Hunting, The
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Night is for Hunting, The (Film Tie-In)
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Other Side of Dawn, The
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Other Side of Dawn, The
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Out of Time
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Secret Men's Business
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Staying Alive in Year 5
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Take My Word for It
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Third Day, The Frost, The
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Third Day, The Frost, The (Film Tie-In)
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Tomorrow When the War Began (Film Tie-In)
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Tomorrow, When the War Began
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Tomorrow, When the War Began
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While I Live: The Ellie Chronicles
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While I Live: The Ellie Chronicles
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Winter
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