Melina Marchetta
Melina Marchetta is an Australian writer and teacher who was born in Sydney, Australia on March 25, 1965. A celebrated writer in Australia and abroad, Marchetta is known for her teen novels, but also writes adult crime and young adult fantasy books. She attended high school at Rosebank College in the Sydney suburbs, but dropped out at age 15 because she wasn’t confident in her academic abilities. After leaving high school she enrolled in a business school and got a job with the Commonwealth...