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Sophie Masson | |
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| Born | (1959-05-18)18 May 1959 (age 65) Jakarta,Indonesia |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Period | 1990–present |
| Genre | Short Story,Young Adult,Fantasy,Adult. |
Sophie MassonAM is aFrench-Australianfantasy and children's author.
Sophie Masson was born inIndonesia of French parents who are ofmixed ancestry (French, Basque, Spanish andPortuguese).[1] Masson, the third in a family of seven children, came to Australia at the age of five and spent most of the rest of her childhood shuttling back and forth between Australia and France.[2]
Her first two novels, one for adults entitledThe House in the Rainforest; the second, for children, calledFire in the Sky, were published in Australia in 1990. Having written forty books, for children, young adults and adults, she is now published in theUK,United States,Thailand, France, Indonesia, Poland, Turkey, China, Korea andGermany as well as Australia.[citation needed] Many of her novels are in the fantasy genre, but she has also written realistic fiction, as well as crime, mystery and romance. She has also had many short stories, essays, articles and reviews published, in books, magazines, newspapers and internet journals.
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*Two Trickster Tales from Russia( ill. by David Allan, 2013)
*Two Rainbows (ill. by Michael McMahon, 2017)
*Building Site Zoo (ill. by Laura Wood, 2017)
*Once Upon An ABC (ill. by Christopher Nielsen, 2017)
*See Monkey(ill. by Kathy Creamer, 2018)
*Join the Armidale Parade (ill. by Kathy Creamer, 2019)
*There's A Tiger Out There (ill. by Ruth Waters, 2019)
*On My Way (ill. by Simon Howe, 2019)
*The Snowman's Wish (ill. by Ronak Taher, 2020)
*Santagram (ill. by Shiloh Gordon, 2020)
*A House of Mud (ill. by Katrina Fisher, 2020)
*Cock-a-doodle-doo (ill by Kathy Creamer, 2022)
*Satin (ill. by Lorena Carrington, 2023)
Her Lay Lines trilogy is based on the life and work of the 12th century French poet,Marie de France, and involves love and magic,werewolves and fairy lovers. It evokes the medieval world andworld view, notably through the device of the "book within a book".
Her StarMaker trilogy for young adults is a set of unrelatedfairytale fantasies set in an historical context. The books are based onTattercoats andA Midsummer Night's Dream (Malkin),Sleeping Beauty (Clementine) andPuss in Boots (Serafin).
Her Thomas Trew series for children is set in the Hidden Land, afantasy world of several realms, each dominated by a particular type of mythical being: Middler Land, a mixed collection of magic-using villagers including pixies and werefoxes; Pandemonium, the realm of the brutish Uncouthers; Arkadia, populated by beings fromGreek mythology; Montaynard country, land of dwarves and trolls; Oceanopolis, whereselkies andmermaids live; Seraphimia in the sky, home of the winged ariels; and the Island of Ghosts, ruled by Mister D, the lord of death.
The series was published byHodder & Stoughton between 2006 and 2008. There are six titles, all illustrated byTed Dewan.
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