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Marianne de Pierres Marianne de Pierres i(A62825 works by)
Also writes as: Marianne Delacourt
Gender: Female
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Marianne de Pierres graduated from Curtin University and in 2007 was living in Brisbane, Queensland with her husband and three sons.

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y separately published work icon Peacemaker Oxford : Angry Robot , 2014 7315264 2014 single work novel fantasy

'Virgin Jackson is the senior ranger in Birrimun Park - the world's last natural landscape, overshadowed though it is by a sprawling coastal megacity. She maintains public safety and order in the park, but her bosses have brought out a hotshot cowboy to help her catch some drug runners who are affecting tourism. She senses the company is holding something back from her, and she's not keen on working with an outsider like Nate Sixkiller. When an imaginary animal from her troubled teenage years reappears, Virgin takes it to mean one of two things: a breakdown (hers!) or a warning. When the dead bodies start piling up around her and Nate, she decides on the latter. Something terrible is about to happen in the park and Virgin and her new partner are standing in its path. ' (Publication summary)

2014 winner Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction Science Fiction Division Best Novel
y separately published work icon Burn Bright North Sydney : Random House Australia , 2011 Z1775536 2011 single work novel young adult fantasy (taught in 1 units) 'Retra doesn't want to go to Ixion, the island of ever-night. Retra is a Seal - sealed minds, sealed community. She doesn't crave parties and pleasure like all the others. But her brother left for Ixion two years ago, and Retra is determined to find him.

'Braving the pain of her obedience strip to escape the only home she's ever known, Retra finds herself drawn deeper into the intoxicating world of Ixion. Come to me, whispers a voice in her head. Who are the Ripers, the mysterious guardians of Ixion? What are the Night Creatures Retra can see in the shadows? And what happens to those who grow too old for Ixion?

'Retra will find that Ixion has its pleasures - but its secrets are deadly.' (From the publisher's website.)
2012 shortlisted Ditmar Awards Best Novel
y separately published work icon Transformation Space London : Orbit , 2010 Z1754750 2010 single work novel science fiction Mira's pregnancy seems to be proceeding at an inhuman pace and the sedate acceptance of this state of affairs by her biozoon, Insigna, is as much an irritation as it is comfort. It seems clear that the extropists' procedures have had an unforeseen effect - but will her child be more than human?
2010 winner Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction Science Fiction Division Best Novel
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