Martine Murray
Martine Murray is an Australian author and illustrator residing in Melbourne. She has written many critically acclaimed books, including How to Make a Bird, winner of the Queensland Premier's Literary Awards Young Adult award in 2004, and The Slightly True Story of Cedar B. Hartley, winner of the Queensland Premier's Literary Awards Children's Book award in 2006.
She has studied filmmaking at Prahran College, art at the Victorian College of the Arts and Movement & Dance at Melbourne University. She has formed a dance theatre company called Bird on a Wire, and recently received Arts Victoria funding to develop and perform a full-length work, as part of Melbourne's Next Wave Festival. She also teaches yoga and has been involved in community circus.
Martine is enrolled in Professional Writing at RMIT and plans further study in screen writing and short story.
Martine is the subject of The Whitlams' 1997 song 'Melbourne'. She calls her dog 'The Bear'.
Books
A Dog Called Bear, Random House Australia, 2000 A Moose Called Mouse, Allen & Unwin, 2001 How to Make a Bird, Allen & Unwin, 2003 Mannie and the Long Brave Day, with Sally Rippin, Allen & Unwin, 2009, Molly and Pim and the Millions of Stars, Text Publishing, 2015, Marsh and Me, Text Publishing, 2017, The Last Summer of Ada Bloom, Text Publishing, 2018
Cedar B. Hartley series
The Slightly True Story of Cedar B. Hartley , Allen & Unwin, 2002 The Slightly Bruised Glory of Cedar B. Hartley , Allen & Unwin, 2005
Henrietta series
Henrietta: There's No One Better, Allen & Unwin, 2004 Henrietta the Great Go-Getter, Allen & Unwin, 2006 Henrietta Gets a Letter, Allen & Unwin, 2008 Henrietta and the Perfect Night, Allen & Unwin, 2017 Henrietta the Greatest Go-Getter, Allen & Unwin, 2017
Awards
The Slightly True Story of Cedar B. Hartley was shortlisted for the CBC's young readers category in 2003. How to Make a Bird won the Young Adult Book Award at the 2004 Queensland Premier's Literary Awards.