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
Justine Larbalestier quotes about
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.
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.
cases colour five novel remember sad spending though time title trying
I'm one of those sad cases who've never wanted to be anything but a writer. I started writing my first novel when I was five years old. I have no idea what it was about, but I do remember spending considerable time trying to get the title right, though this had more to do with crayon colour than scansion.
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.
jobs growing-up parenting
The job of every generation is to discover the flaws of the one that came before it. That's part of growing up, figuring out all the ways your parents and their friends are broken.
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.
eating-good world favourite
Eating good food is my favourite thing in the whole world. Nothing is more blissful.
add want critique
I can critique the bad; I can take the good, and I can add whatever I want.
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.
stars pneumonia giving
Lungs, they do not like to be messed with. I give pneumonia one star and that's for the silent p.
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.
mean usual honest
The acclaim for Razorhurst means even more to me than usual because, let's be honest, Razorhurst is weird.
writing needs blown-away
I discovered the writing of Kirsty Eagar and was blown away. Everyone needs to read her now.
book views sea
I've never read a book [ Nnedi Okorafor's Lagoon] like it before. Big and sprawling with a million points of view, including sea creatures. It's about an alien invasion that starts in Lagos, Nigeria but, really, that's just the starting point.