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Michael Stephens Michael Stephens i(A21559 works by) (a.k.a. Michael Erik Stephens)
Born: Established: 1955 London,
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England,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe,
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Gender: Male
Arrived in Australia: 1955
Heritage: Danish ; British
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1 2 y separately published work icon The Road to Belgrandia Michael Stephens , Camberwell : Puffin , 2011 Z1799287 2011 single work children's fiction children's Marcia says there are wondrous things in Belgrandia - houses like palaces and enormous chandeliers and flying cats and music like nothing you've ever heard. But is it a real place or is she just a bit crazy? Lewis is Marcia’s best friend. He goes along with her story, and is never quite sure if he should believe her or not. Belgrandia does sound like a magical place and there are weird things happening all around them. Evidence starts to build that Marcia may in fact be telling the truth (publisher blurb).
1 Life Can Be a Lark Michael Stephens , 2003 extract novel (Mudlark)
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 4 November 2003; (p. 4)
1 5 y separately published work icon Mudlark Michael Stephens , Pymble : Angus and Robertson , 2003 Z1082659 2003 single work children's fiction children's Mudlark is the story of a boy coming to terms with his world. As he journeys through the lives of his family, friends, and neighbours, Jim learns that truth comes not only from experience, but from the heart as well. (Back cover blurb).
1 The Comet Michael Stephens , 2003 single work short story
— Appears in: Kids' Night In 2003; (p. 691-702)
1 3 y separately published work icon Blat Magic Michael Stephens , Pymble : HarperCollins Australia , 2001 Z945677 2001 single work children's fiction children's adventure fantasy
1 Michael Stephens: 'Matinee' Michael Stephens , 2000 extract novel (Matinee)
— Appears in: Mixed Grain: Celebrating 20 Years of 'The Australian' Vogel Literary Award 2000; (p. 86-88)
1 3 y separately published work icon Moxiana Michael Stephens , Pymble : HarperCollins Australia , 1999 Z948602 1999 single work children's fiction children's adventure fantasy
1 2 y separately published work icon A Flock of Blats Michael Stephens , Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1998 Z834181 1998 single work children's fiction children's fantasy

'Lonely Hugo, who has developed a hunchback due to a childhood illness, passes much of his time traveling through the treetops in the nearby forest, where he makes friends with the intelligent, peace loving blats, and helps to defend them from their enemy, Lord Sna, king of the snakes, who keeps blats as slaves in his dungeons, and plots to let hunters into the forest to capture all the free blats and turn them into jam. Lonely Hugo, who has a hunchback, passes his time in the treetops in the nearby forest, where he makes friends with the peace loving blats, and helps defend them from Lord Sna, king of the snakes, who keeps blats as slaves in his dungeons, and plots to let hunters into the forest to capture all the free blats and turn them into jam. (Publication summary)

1 3 y separately published work icon King Coker's Sword Michael Stephens , New South Wales : Angus and Robertson , 1997 Z834487 1997 single work children's fiction children's fantasy adventure

'Felix, Margo and Ramon haven't done anything daring for a while so they decide to check out the stories surrounding the mysterious, boarded-up Donaghue place.' (Publication summary)

1 3 y separately published work icon Ghost Train Michael Stephens , St Leonards : Allen and Unwin , 1995 Z822227 1995 single work children's fiction children's adventure humour
1 2 y separately published work icon The Prince of Kelvin Mall Michael Stephens , St Leonards : Allen and Unwin , 1994 Z304686 1994 single work children's fiction children's fantasy Mark is the Prince of Kelvin Mall, the biggest shopping complex in the world. By day he watches over the mall and its people. At night he rollerblades the mall, rich but lonely, until he meets a giant rat, and Julie and Irma. Together they fight to save each other and the mall from the night brigade. (Libraries Australia record).
1 The True Artist Michael Stephens , 1993 single work short story crime
— Appears in: Murder at Home : A Crimes for a Summer Christmas Anthology 1993; (p. 163-169)
1 2 y separately published work icon Eddy the Great Michael Stephens , St Leonards : Allen and Unwin , 1993 Z795621 1993 single work children's fiction children's
1 6 y separately published work icon Titans! Michael Stephens , North Sydney : Allen and Unwin , 1992 Z837270 1992 single work children's fiction children's When twelve-year-old Jason opens his bedroom door to a group of tiny extraterrestrials, his life changes, and through helping his new allies he finds a way to cope with the absence of his mother and the death of his father.
1 9 y separately published work icon Sibling Mischief Michael Stephens , North Sydney : Allen and Unwin , 1991 Z560844 1991 single work novel humour Miles summons his brother Nathan to a party but refuses to say why; Gary is pestered by the deceased Julian; Peter longs to place his hand on his sister's bare stomach; Miles' wife is enjoying life behind her black eyeshades, while Liza enjoys all that she can see of Nathan's wiry, eager form. Over the course of an action-packed weekend many people's lives collide, some disintegrate, others take on new and much more invigorating forms. (Back cover publisher's blurb).
1 8 y separately published work icon Matinee Michael Stephens , North Sydney : Allen and Unwin , 1990 Z372334 1990 single work novel young adult Twelve year old Jim lives with his parents and brother in Rose Bay, a Sydney suburb where life should be lived at a smoothly predictable pace. But life is never so tidy, and the disruptions that Jim observes and attempts to understand will be widely recognisable....Matinee is a novel about isolation told in a communal fashion, engaging readers in enlarging circles as they follow Jim from school to home to neighborhood, exploring the bizarre incompetence of adult relationships and creating-en route-tender and unexpected insights into the peculiarities of ' family life'. (Publisher's blurb).
1 Mr Herman at the Edinburgh Michael Stephens , 1990 single work short story
— Appears in: Southerly , March vol. 50 no. 1 1990; (p. 95-99)
1 Little Electric Wheelchairs Michael Stephens , 1989 single work short story
— Appears in: The Age , 21 January 1989; (p. 12)
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