Morris Gleitzman (the Gleitz in Gleitzman rhymes with lights) is a famous children's author. He was born 9 January 1953 in England and migrated to Australia with his family. When he was 16 he dropped out of school to assume a hippy lifestyle. His funny and sometimes politically-controversial children's books include Two Weeks with the Queen, Second Childhood, Other Facts of Life, Misery Guts, Blabber Mouth, Worry Warts, Puppy Fat, Belly Flop, Water Wings, Toad Rage, Toad Heaven, Toad Away, Boy Overboard, Sticky Beak, Gift of the Gab, Adult's Only, Bumface, Teacher's Pet, Girl Underground, Worm Story, Once, Aristotle's Nostril and Doubting Thomas. He has collaborated on children's series with another Australian children's author, Paul Jennings. Gleitzman has also published three collections of his newspaper columns for The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald into books for an adult readership. He used to write for the popular Norman Gunston Show in the 1970s. As of 2007, his latest book is Give Peas A Chance and Other Funny Stories.
Published works
- Puppy Fat
- Worry Warts
- Blabber Mouth
- Misery Guts
- Belly Flop
- Water Wings
- Two Weeks with the Queen
- Wicked with Paul Jennings
- Second Childhood
- The Other Facts of Life
- Gift of the Gab
- Bumface
- Toad Rage
- Deadly with Paul Jennings
- Adults Only
- Toad Heaven
- Boy Overboard
- Teacher's Pet
- Toad Away
- Girl Underground
- Worm Story
- Once
- Aristotle's Nostril
- Doubting Thomas (2006)
- Toad Away
- Give Peas A Chance and Other Funny Stories
