Shirley Marr

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LATEST NEWS

Little Jiang, a rollicking middle-grade caper about evil morticians, thousand-year-old fox spirits, Bagua Masters with laser blasters and a pint-size hopping Chinese vampire is OUT NOW in Australia and internationally!

Books + Publishing says “It’s impossible to adequately sum up the untameable punk spirit that thrums between the lines of Little Jiang; simply put, this book slaps.”

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PRESS & MEDIA

Publishers Weekly Rights Report: Week of June 1, 2020 Krista Vitola at Simon & Schuster, Zoe Walton at Penguin Random House Australia, and Rebecca Hill at Usborne Publishing UK have bought A Glasshouse of Stars by Australian author Shirley Marr, marking her middle-grade debut in the U.S. and U.K. The story follows the immigration experience of an 11-year-old girl and is based on the real childhood story of the author, brushed with a touch of magic realism that includes magical gardens, cat gatekeepers, and an ever-changing house. Publication is planned for summer 2021; Gemma Cooper at … READ MORE about PRESS & MEDIA

Little Jiang Outtakes

To celebrate the release of Little Jiang, I present to you extra content! I had a colleague at work called Rodney. He asked if he could be in one of my novels. I made him into a chihuahua in Little Jiang. Unfortunately he didn't make the final cut, but you can relive all the dubious glory here in these four outtakes that were left on the … READ MORE about Little Jiang Outtakes

Meixing Lim and her family have arrived at the New House in the New Land, inherited from First Uncle who died tragically and unexpectedly while picking oranges in the backyard. Everything is vast and unknown to Meixing and not in a good way, including the house she has dubbed Big Scary. She is embarrassed by […]

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Mei Ling Pang was born at an inauspicious time on an inauspicious day, so wherever she goes, misfortune seems to follow. When Little Jiang hops out of his grave and into Mei’s life — strange clothes, greenish skin, fangs and all – Mei believes her luck has gone from bad to worse, especially once her […]

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If you had a second chance at love, would you do it all over again? Amy has enough to deal with for one lifetime. A superstitious Chinese mother. A best friend whose mood changes as dramatically as her hair colour. A reputation for being strange. The last thing she needs is to be haunted by […]

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Let me tell you my story. Not just the facts I know you want to hear. If I’m going to tell you my story, I’m telling it my way. Strap yourself in… Eliza Boans has everything. A big house. A great education. A bright future. So why is she sitting in a police station confessing […]

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Praise for A Glasshouse of Stars

Heart-twisting and hopeful, bursting with big feelings and gentle magic. This is a special book from a powerful, compassionate new voice in children’s literature.

Jessica Townsend (author of the Nevermoor series)

Praise for Little Jiang

It’s impossible to adequately sum up the untameable punk spirit that thrums between the lines of Little Jiang; simply put, this book slaps.

Books+Publisher Magazine

PRAISE FOR PRELOVED

Preloved is full of warmth, humour and retro supernatural. Will appeal to girls who love Twilight … and especially to those who don’t.

The West Australian

PRAISE FOR FURY

…Eliza, a stand-up comic voice replete with the conventions of oral comedy: deliberate verbal red herrings, asides, careful timing, punchlines, one liners. To me, Marr’s character Eliza is a modern and very upmarket version of Kylie Mole.

Marlyn MacDonald (Perilous Adventures)

About the Author

Shirley Marr is a first generation Chinese-Australian living in sunny Perth and an author of Young Adult and children’s fiction. LITTLE JIANG, a spirited Middle Grade book featuring a pint-sized Chinese vampire is OUT NOW through Fremantle Press. A GLASSHOUSE OF STARS, a contemporary migration novel based on her childhood story is set to be published internationally in mid 2021 by Penguin Random House (AUS), Simon … Read More about About the Author

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