Shirley Marr

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

A GLASSHOUSE OF STARS

is the winner of The WA Premier’s Book Awards – Writing for Children 2021! Described by the judges as a “… ground-breaking book for older readers … to tolerate displacement and occasional bewilderment as they journey with the protagonist. Like all excellent literature, this book enlarges our collective understanding of the world.“

ALL FOUR QUARTERS OF THE MOON

will be published by Penguin Random House (ANZ) on 5 July 2022. To be followed by Simon & Schuster (USA) & Usborne Books (UK). Pre-ordering now available. Stay tuned for more details!

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 an award winning childrens' author and a first generation Chinese-Australian living in sunny Perth. Her titles are All Four Quarters of the Moon, 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, twisted daydreams instead. She is still a Bespectacled Accountant by day and a Masked … Read More about About the Author

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