About+The+Author

 ​ Markus Zusak was born in 1975 in his home town Sydney, Austrailia. Zusak is the youngest of four children. His father is a house painter, and his mother hails from Germany, which is where Zusak got many of his ideas for books from because she lived through the rough times of the nazi camps. Zusak has many novels, but is well known for his two most popular: //The Book Theif// and //I am the Messenger//. Zusak currently resides in Sydney, Austrailia with his wife and daughter. Hobbies for him include surfing, writing, and watching movies when he's not busy writing the worlds next bestseller.

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