She lives in sydney, australia, with her partner and their two sons. She is now a technical writer as well as a creative one. It was released in paperback by allen and unwin in 2004, and features the. They are dazzling, ruthless, tender, fierce, unique ten deeply moving stories from an exceptional author. Which is why black juice is such an outstanding collection. Black juice is the first collection of short stories by australian writer margo lanagan.
In this extraordinary short story collection, human frailty is put to the test by the relentless forces of dark and light, man and beast. Margo lanagan books list of books by author margo lanagan. It received recognition as a 2007 best book for young adults from the american library association. Tender morsels was a 2008 shirley jackson award finalist, the novella seahearts later expanded into a novel was a 2009 finalist. Many of her books, including young adult ya fiction, were only published in australia, but several have attracted worldwide attention. Yes, this is going to be another gushy post about margo lanagan. In addition to black juice, a 2006 recipient, tender morsels also won a printz honor award in 2009. Biography extremely cute and tiny 52 blonde sprite cameron canada was born on march 7, 1989 in toronto, ontario, canada. Margo lanagan has worked as a kitchen hand and encyclopedia seller, and spent ten years as a freelance book editor. Scholastic education trade publishing international about scholastic customer service contact us. Each tale offers glimpses into familiar, shadowy worlds that push the boundaries of the spirit and leave the mind haunted with the knowledge that black juice runs through us all. Margo lanagans story collection, red spikes, was a publishers weekly best book and a horn book fanfare, and black juice was a printz honor book. Black juice is a collection of ten short stories that range from horror to fantasy. Margo lanagan born 1960 in waratah, new south wales.
They are dazzling, ruthless, tender, fierce, unique ten deeply moving stories from an. A delicate light suffuses margo lanagans black juice, says colin greenland. It was released in paperback by allen and unwin in 2004, and features the authors widely anthologised short story singing my sister down, which won the 2005 world fantasy award for best short story. Slammed rainer weinbrenner is known for his work on slammed. In this extraordinary short story collection, human frailty is put to. Black juice is a book of breathtaking stories that defy boundaries. The nebula awardwinning singing my sister down starts this dark collection. In each of margo lanagan s ten extraordinary stories, human frailty is put to the test by the implacable forces of dark and light, man and beast. A good short story, a really good one, is deceptively difficult to write. Lanagan has written six books for children and young adults, all published in her home country of australia, black juice marks her entrance into the north american book world.
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