David Metzenthen (born 1958) is an Australian writer for children and young adults who was born in Melbourne, Victoria.

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After completing his schooling in Melbourne, Metzenthen traveled to New Zealand where he held a variety of jobs. After returning to Australia he worked as a copywriter for Radio 3DB, for Grundy Television and for Myer before deciding to write full-time.[1]

He now lives in Melbourne with his wife and two children.[2]

Bibliography

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Novels

• Metzenthen, David (1990). Danger wave. Sydney: Ashton Scholastic.
• Lee Spain (1991)
• Johnny Hart's Heroes (1996)
• Finn and the Big Guy (1997)
• Falling Forward (1998)
• Gilbert's Ghost Train (1998)
• Mick the Mimic (1998)
• The Red Hot Footy Fiasco (1998)
• Stony Heart Country (1999)
• The Colour of Sunshine (2000)
• Wildlight: A Journey (2002)
• Boys of Blood and Bone (2003)
• Tiff and the Trout (2004)
• Blackwater (2007)
• Jarvis 24 (2009)
• Tigerfish (2014)
• Dreaming the Enemy (2016)

Novellas

• Roadie (1995)
• Animal Instinct (1996)

Children's fiction

• Brocky's Bananagram (1994)
• Cody and Zero (1997)
• The Diary of Fat Robbie Pile (1997)
• Lefty Lemon Kicks Goals (1997)
• Fort Island (1998)
• Adrian Over the Top (1999)
• Adrian Goes Out There (1999)
• The Red Boxing Gloves (2002)
• The Really Really High Diving Board (2003)
• Spider! (2004)
• Time Turns on Spooky Hill (2004)
• Anton Rocks On (2004)
• Roller-Coaster (2005)
• The Really Really Epic Mini Bike Ride (2006)
• Winning the World Cup (2007)
• The Really Nearly Deadly Canoe Ride (2009)
• Hide that Horse! (2009)
• Squidnapped! (2010)
• Save Our Sharks (2012)
• Freda the Free-Range Chook (2012)

Picture books

• The Rainbirds (2006) illustrated by Sally Rippin
• One Minute's Silence (2014) illustrated by Michael Camilleri

Critical studies and reviews of Metzenthen's work

• Kavanagh, Bec (September 2014). "[Untitled review of Tigerfish]". Australian Book Review. 364: 44.

Awards

• 1996 winner New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — Ethel Turner Prize for Young People's Literature — The Ethel Turner Prize for Children's Writing — Johnny Hart's Heroes
• 1997 honour book Children's Book Council Book of the Year Awards — Book of the Year: Older Readers — Johnny Hart's Heroes
• 1998 honour book Children's Book Council Book of the Year Awards — Book of the Year: Older Readers — Gilbert's Ghost Train
• 2003 winner Victorian Premier's Literary Awards — Prize for Young Adult Fiction — Wildlight: A Journey
• 2003 winner Queensland Premier's Literary Awards — Best Young Adult Book — Boys of Blood and Bone
• 2004 honour book Children's Book Council Book of the Year Awards — Book of the Year: Older Readers — Boys of Blood and Bone
• 2007 honour book Children's Book Council Book of the Year Awards — Picture Book of the Year — The Rainbirds
• 2008 honour book Children's Book Council Book of the Year Awards — Book of the Year: Older Readers — Black Water
• 2010 winner Children's Book Council Book of the Year Awards — Book of the Year: Older Readers — Jarvis
• 2015 honour book Children's Book Council Book of the Year Awards — Picture Book of the Year — One Minute's Silence
• 2016 winner Queensland Literary Awards — Griffith University Young Adult Book Award — Dreaming the Enemy

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