Shirley Marr

Official Website of Shirley Marr, Author of Young Adult and Childrens Fiction

Welcome to the Glasshouse

I am pleased to announce A Glasshouse of Stars has been nominated for the prestigious 2022 CILIP Carnegie Medal! Congratulations to the other nominees, what a wonderful and diverse list!

FLY ME TO THE MOON

My followup novel All Four Quarters of the Moon is to be published by Penguin Random House (ANZ) 5 July 2022! To be followed by Simon & Schuster (USA) & Usborne Books (UK). Stay tuned for more details! In the meantime head over to the official S&S page to read more about the book and to pre-order in America.

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, NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE NEVERMOOR SERIES

Poignant and beautifully told. I loved this book

MELINA MARCHETTA, BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF LOOKING FOR ALIBRANDI

A Glasshouse of Stars is a rare and beautiful masterpiece; deeply heartfelt, dreamily magical, and glitteringly hopeful. I adored it!

SOPHIE ANDERSON, AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR OF THE HOUSE WITH CHICKEN LEGS

About the Author

Shirley Marr is a first generation Chinese-Australian living in the multi-cultural melting pot that is Victoria Park in sunny Perth and an author of Young Adult and children’s fiction. Her titles are, the upcoming All Four Quarters of the Moon, the Carnegie Medal nominated A Glasshouse of Stars, Little Jiang, Preloved and Fury.  It was while she was working on a very dry Accounting PhD that she realised she'd rather be writing down her dark, … Read More about About the Author

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