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John Marsden, the bestselling author of the Tomorrow series (and more than 40 books altogether) has died. His difficult early life fed his many decades of writing for young people and teaching them.
Young adult post-disaster fiction is more concerned with how we survive than understanding the causes of disaster. We can read it to explore our fears, responses and our capacity to adapt.
The best-selling author of the Tomorrow series is also a teacher and school principal. His new book The Art of Growing Up has many truths on raising children, but also many contradictions.
