John Marsden Profile

After the recent publication of his latest novel, Circle of Flight, John Marsden is profiled in "The Courier-Mail" by Christopher Bantick. "Besides his many awards and accolades both nationally and internationally, this year Marsden was given the Lloyd O'Neill Award for lifelong services to the Australian book industry. He was only the fifth author to receive the award and joins Ruth Park, Tom Keneally, Morris West and Peter Carey, as previous winners. He is short-listed for the Melbourne Prize for Literature for 2006."