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Kirsty Eagar Kirsty Eagar i(A125077 works by)
Born: Established: 1972 Mackay, Mackay - Sarina area, Marlborough - Mackay - Townsville area, Queensland, ;
Gender: Female
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1 4 y separately published work icon Summer Skin Kirsty Eagar , Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2016 9163042 2016 single work novel young adult romance (taught in 1 units)

'A searingly honest and achingly funny story about love and sex amid the hotbed of university colleges by the award-winning author of Raw Blue.

'Jess Gordon is out for revenge. Last year the jocks from Knights College tried to shame her best friend. This year she and a hand-picked college girl gang are going to get even.

'The lesson: don't mess with Unity girls.

'The target: Blondie, a typical Knights stud, arrogant, cold . . . and smart enough to keep up with Jess.

'A neo-riot grrl with a penchant for fanning the flames meets a rugby-playing sexist pig - sworn enemies or two people who happen to find each other when they're at their most vulnerable?

'It's all Girl meets Boy, Girl steals from Boy, seduces Boy, ties Boy to a chair and burns Boy's stuff. Just your typical love story.' (Publication summary)
1 Molassas Kirsty Eagar , 2012 single work short story
— Appears in: Review of Australian Fiction , vol. 3 no. 4 2012;
1 3 y separately published work icon Night Beach Kirsty Eagar , Camberwell : Penguin , 2012 Z1866724 2012 single work novel young adult

'Imagine there is someone you like so much that just thinking about them leaves you desperate and reckless. You crave them in a way that's not rational, not right, and you're becoming somebody you don't recognise, and certainly don't respect, but you don't even care. And this person you like is unattainable.

'Except for one thing . . .

'He lives downstairs.

'Abbie has three obsessions. Art. The ocean. And Kane. But since Kane's been back, he's changed. There's a darkness shadowing him that only Abbie can see. And it wants her in its world.

'A Gothic story about the very dark things that feed the creative process, from the winner of the 2010 Victorian Premier's Literary Award for young adult fiction.' (From the publisher's website.)
1 Kirsty Eagar : Books That Have Changed Me Kirsty Eagar , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 20 May 2012; (p. 18)
1 3 y separately published work icon Saltwater Vampires Kirsty Eagar , Camberwell : Penguin , 2010 Z1723416 2010 single work novel young adult 'For Jamie Mackie, summer holidays in the coastal town of Rocky Head mean surfing, making money, and good times at the local music festival. But this year, vampires are on the festival's line-up ... fulfilling a pact made on the wreck of the Batavia, four hundred years ago. If their plans succeed, nobody in Rocky Head will survive to see out the new year.' (From the publisher's website.)
1 Life in Five : Kirsty Eagar Kirsty Eagar , 2009 single work column
— Appears in: Sunday Canberra Times , 26 July 2009; (p. 3)
1 8 y separately published work icon Raw Blue Kirsty Eagar , Camberwell : Penguin , 2009 Z1603422 2009 single work novel young adult

'Carly has dropped out of uni to spend her days surfing and her nights working as a cook in a Manly café. Surfing is the one thing she loves doing ... and the only thing that helps her stop thinking about what happened two years ago at schoolies week.

'And then Carly meets Ryan, a local at the break, fresh out of jail. When Ryan learns the truth, Carly has to decide. Will she let the past bury her? Or can she let go of her anger and shame, and find the courage to be happy? (From the publisher's website.)
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