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Scott Monk Scott Monk i(A12167 works by)
Born: Established: 1974 Macksville, Macksville area, Nambucca area, Mid North Coast, New South Wales, ;
Gender: Male
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Born 1974, Macksville, NSW, Scott Monk grew up in Bowraville, Lithgow and Dubbo before moving to Sydney for his teenage years. He moved to Adelaide in 1996 to work with the Advertiser as a newspaper reporter and in 1999 won South Australia's Young Journalist of the Year Award for his commitment to youth affairs. He went on to work for the Australian newspaper in Sydney. His first book, Boyz 'R' Us, was written when he was 19 and published when he was 21. It won the Royal Blind Society's Talking Book Award in 1997.

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y separately published work icon The Never Boys Milsons Point : Random House , 2005 Z1190977 2005 single work novel young adult mystery

'Dean Mason is a boy with many secrets, running from the law and his own personal demons

'On the run from the law, Dean Mason gets a job on a sheep farm. There, he finds a series of letters written by Clive during World War II.  Dean eventually discovers that Clive only pretended to go to war in order to persuade his girlfriend and family that he was really fighting for his country. This is a compelling story capturing the spirit of Australian outback while following a boy fighting his own personal demons.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.
2012 shortlisted The National Year of Reading 2012 Our Story Collection — South Australia
y separately published work icon Boyz 'R' Us Milsons Point : Random House , 1996 Z161191 1996 single work novel young adult
1997 winner Royal Blind Society Talking Book of the Year Award, Young People's Category
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