![]() ![]() A companion short story to the Lumatere Chronicles, “Ferragost” was published in the Review of Australian Fiction. The final novel in The Lumatere Chronicles, Quintana of Charyn, was released in September 2012. Only in her dreams does she sense Froi, her love and the father of the child she carries. Melina has completed her second screenplay, On the Jellicoe Road, which was chosen to be part of Screen New South Wales Aurora Script Workshop, and she has also written episodes for ABC-TV’s Dance Academy. Quintana of Charyn Melina Marchetta Candlewick Press Published SeptemAmazon Barnes & Noble Goodreads Hidden in a valley north of her homeland, Charynite princess Quintana waits for the birth of her son. ![]() The second book in the Lumatere Chronicles, Froi of the Exiles, was published in 2011 to much international praise. Melina has also written a book for younger readers, The Gorgon in the Gully, which was released in 2010. Melina’s next novel, Finnikin of the Rock, won the Aurealis Award for Best Young Adult Novel, and was followed by The Piper’s Son, the critically acclaimed companion novel to Saving Francesca. ![]() Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature in 2009. Melina taught secondary-school English for ten years, during which time she released her second novel Saving Francesca, which won the CBCA Book of the Year Award for Older Readers, followed by On the Jellicoe Road, which won the American Library Association’s Michael L. ![]()
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