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Martin Chatterton Martin Chatterton i(A103164 works by)
Writing name for: Ed Chatterton
Born: Established: Liverpool, Merseyside,
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England,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe, ;
Gender: Male
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BiographyHistory

Martin Chatterton was born and raised in Liverpool, England. He gained his degree in London before embarking on an internationally successful career as an illustrator, graphic designer, commercials director and children's author. His work has been published in more than a dozen languages and has won and been shortlisted in numerous awards in the UK, US and Australia. He became an Australian citizen in 2006.

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Awards for Works

y separately published work icon Scorpion Falls Abbotsford : Ford Street , 2022 24458955 2022 single work novel young adult thriller

'Loner Theo Sumner is a 14-year-old living in the isolated Queensland mining town of Scorpion Falls.

'Following the arrival of an unsettling guest at the Iguana Motel, teenagers start disappearing in mysterious circumstances. As Theo looks for answers, he is drawn deeper into the murky underbelly of his hometown and a shocking nightmare encounter with the truth.'  (Publication summary)
2023 CBCA Book of the Year Awards — Notable Book — Older Readers
y separately published work icon Mort : The 10,000 Year-Old Boy North Sydney : Random House Australia , 2012 Z1862596 2012 single work children's fiction children's science fiction Time flies when you're having fun...Even when you're Mortimer DeVere, the 10,000-year-old boy. But when unexpected and unwelcome visitors arrive on Mort's home turf, the spooky Unk Island, he and his sister Agnetha will have their hands full dealing with some of the stranger hobbies they've tried to keep secret from one another and the outside world. Today may just turn out to be one of the most eventful days in Mort's very long life! (Libraries Australia)
2012 shortlisted Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards — Best Language Development Book for Upper Primary Children (2005-2013)
y separately published work icon The Brain Finds a Leg Surry Hills : Little Hare Books , 2007 Z1418919 2007 single work children's fiction children's detective humour

'In Farrago Bay, Australia, 13-year-old Sheldon is recruited by a new student, Theo Brain, to help investigate a murder which is tied not only to bizarre animal behavior but also to a diabolical plot to alter human intelligence.' (Publication summary)
2008 shortlisted New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — Patricia Wrightson Prize for Children's Books
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