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Justine Larbalestier [1967-0] Australian

Rank: 107
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Justine Larbalestier is 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:
Q: How do you pronounce your surname? A: Lar-bal-est-ee-air. It can also be pronounced Lar-bal-est-ee-ay or Lar-bal-est-ee-er. Those are all fine by me. Friends at school used to pronounce it: Lavaworm. I have to really like you to let you get away with that one, but.
Larbalestier was born and raised in Sydney. She now alternates residence in Sydney and New York City.
In 2001 she married the American science fiction writer Scott Westerfeld. They met in New York City while she was doing postdoctoral research. They have different stories of how they met.

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Eating good food is my favourite thing in the whole world. Nothing is more blissful.	Food	101
My favourite vampires are all very scary indeed. So the idea of falling in love with one is just weird to me.		102
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.		103
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.		104
I remember that feeling when I was a young reader: finding books that were set in Sydney with Australian characters was incredibly exciting.		105
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.		106
I give people 'If You Came Softly' when they demand proof that novels for teens can be as good as the best novels for adults.		107

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