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Search - List of Books by Michael Gerard Bauer
Michael Gerard Bauer (born 1955) was an Australia English teacher but is now a full-time author of young adult fiction.
He was born in Brisbane and attended the University of Queensland, doing a variety of courses such as Commercial/Law and Social Work. . He completed an Arts Degree with a triple Major in English literature and became a teacher of Economics and English in Brisbane and Ipswich secondary schools. In 2003, Bauer won the inaugural Whitesmall Short Story competition at the Brisbane Writers Festival.
Bauer lives in Brisbane, Queensland. The Running Man, his first novel has been well received, winning the 2005 CBCA Book of the Year for Older Readers; was listed as one of the top 10 books for young adults for 2004 in Magpies magazine; and was short-listed for the 2005 NSW Premier's Award, Victorian Premier's Award, and the 2006 South Australian Festival Awards for Literature. . The Running Man also won the Courier Mail 2005 People's Choice Award for Younger Readers. In 2008 it won the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis Award — a German Bishops’ award for promoting Christian values in children’s literature. The presentation ceremony took place in Mainz, Germany in June 2008. Bauer has also written five other books, Don't Call Me Ishmael (2006), Ishmael and the Return of the Dugongs (2007), Dinosaur Knights (2008), You Turkeys (2009), and Just a Dog (2010). Don't Call Me Ishmael won the 2008 South Australian Festival Award for Literature; the 2007 Children's Peace Prize; the Children’s Book Council of Australia Junior Judges Award in 2007; and was short-listed for the 2007 NSW Premier's Award and the 2007 CBCA Award for Older Readers. It was selected for the 2007 White Ravens festival at the Bologna Book Fair. The sequel, Ishmael and the Return of the Dugongs, was awarded a Notable Book at the CBCA Awards for Older Readers in 2008. Bauer's novels have been translated into Dutch, German, Italian, French, and Norwegian, and have been published in the USA by Greenwillow, Harper-Collins Books, in England by Tic Tock books, and in Germany by Carl Hanser.
He was born in Brisbane and attended the University of Queensland, doing a variety of courses such as Commercial/Law and Social Work. . He completed an Arts Degree with a triple Major in English literature and became a teacher of Economics and English in Brisbane and Ipswich secondary schools. In 2003, Bauer won the inaugural Whitesmall Short Story competition at the Brisbane Writers Festival.
Bauer lives in Brisbane, Queensland. The Running Man, his first novel has been well received, winning the 2005 CBCA Book of the Year for Older Readers; was listed as one of the top 10 books for young adults for 2004 in Magpies magazine; and was short-listed for the 2005 NSW Premier's Award, Victorian Premier's Award, and the 2006 South Australian Festival Awards for Literature. . The Running Man also won the Courier Mail 2005 People's Choice Award for Younger Readers. In 2008 it won the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis Award — a German Bishops’ award for promoting Christian values in children’s literature. The presentation ceremony took place in Mainz, Germany in June 2008. Bauer has also written five other books, Don't Call Me Ishmael (2006), Ishmael and the Return of the Dugongs (2007), Dinosaur Knights (2008), You Turkeys (2009), and Just a Dog (2010). Don't Call Me Ishmael won the 2008 South Australian Festival Award for Literature; the 2007 Children's Peace Prize; the Children’s Book Council of Australia Junior Judges Award in 2007; and was short-listed for the 2007 NSW Premier's Award and the 2007 CBCA Award for Older Readers. It was selected for the 2007 White Ravens festival at the Bologna Book Fair. The sequel, Ishmael and the Return of the Dugongs, was awarded a Notable Book at the CBCA Awards for Older Readers in 2008. Bauer's novels have been translated into Dutch, German, Italian, French, and Norwegian, and have been published in the USA by Greenwillow, Harper-Collins Books, in England by Tic Tock books, and in Germany by Carl Hanser.
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