John Marsden

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  • Bibliography:
    34 Books (2 Series)
  • First Book:
    July 1990
  • Latest Book:
    November 2014
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Full Series List in Order

The Ellie Chronicles

1 - While I Live (Nov-2004)
2 - Incurable (2005)
3 - Circle of Flight (2006)

Tomorrow

1 - Tomorrow, When the War Began (1993)
2 - The Dead of Night (Mar-1997)
3 - A Killing Frost (May-1998)
4 - Darkness, Be My Friend (Apr-1999)
5 - Burning for Revenge (Oct-2000)
6 - The Night Is For Hunting (Nov-2001)
7 - The Other Side of Dawn (Sep-2002)

Book List in Order: 34 titles

  • The Journey

    A book for all people. And all who read it will be changed by the experience.". . . an extraordinary book. . . I would commend it to everybody." Terry Lane, ABC RadioThe Journey is a story of young people in a world so different and yet so like our o...

  • So Much to Tell You

    The stage adaptation of John Marsden's award-winning, bestselling novel.'I don't know what I'm doing here. Well, I do really I have been sent here to learn to talk again. Sent here because my mother can't stand my silent presence at home. Sent here b...

  • Letters from the Inside

    • / General Fiction
    • Buy Buy

    Through the mails, Mandy and Tracey become fast friends. They share news about their boyfriends, their siblings, and their pets. They trade stories about school and home. They confide their every hope and fear. Or do they? What are the secrets hid...

  • The Great Gatenby

    "Australia's king of young adult fiction" The Australian"A very funny, very Australian book" West AustralianMaybe deep down every kid knows his parents want him to be the Pride of the School, the Captain of Cricket and Tennis and Rowing and Darts and...

  • Tomorrow, When the War Began

    • / Science Fiction
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    Tomorrow - 1

    TOMORROW, WHEN THE WAR BEGAN: The astonishing adventure begins Ellie and her friends leave home one quiet morning, wave goodbye to their parents, and head up into the hills to camp out for a while; seven teenagers filling in time during school holid...

  • Take My Word for It

    "Australia's king of young adult fiction" The AustralianLisa Morris could be the girl next door. She could be your cousin. She could be sitting behind you in class. She could be you. But Lisa, cool and beautiful Lisa, remote and private Lisa, has mor...

  • The Fury of the Northmen

    A recounting of the Viking onslaught on the coasts of Britain and Ireland from the perspective of its victims. Fragments of carved stone from the sacred island of Lindisfarne indicate that monks and others saw the Viking raid on the holy place in 793...

  • Cool School

    From the multi-award winning and bestselling author of the Tomorrow seriesIt's your first day at your new cool school.By lunchtime you could have gone into the wrong toilets, gatecrashed the staff room, blown up the science block, been hypnotised by ...

  • Creep Street

    A comical choose-your-own-adventure book from the bestselling author of the Tomorrow series.If you're about to enter this book, we have a piece of advice for you! Be careful in here. Be very careful.Making the wrong moves in Creep Street can get nast...



  • Looking for Trouble

    A warm and funny novel from the bestselling author of the Tomorrow series, Staying Alive in Year 5, Cool School and Creep Street"Australia's king of young adult fiction" The AustralianLast week, Mrs Hazell got us to write a story called 'The Biggest ...

  • Staying Alive in Year 5

    From the multi-award winning and bestselling author behind the Tomorrow seriesStaying Alive in Year 5 is a monster hit for primary school readers from one of Australia's most popular storytellers, John Marsden.Scott and his friends are simply staying...

  • The Dead of Night

    Tomorrow - 2

    Australia has been invaded. Nothing is as it was. Six teenagers are living out their nightmare in the sanctuary of a hidden valley called Hell. Alone, they make their own rules, protect what is theirs, and struggle for courage and hope in a world cha...

  • Secret Men's Business

    With Tomorrow, When the War Began, John Marsden wrote the most powerful novel for teenagers ever published in this country. Now he has written the most powerful non-fiction work ever made available to young men.Where Steve Biddulph's bestselling Rais...

  • A Killing Frost

    Tomorrow - 3

    And then there were five.... It has been six long months since Ellie and her friends returned home from a camping trip to find their families and friends imprisoned by an enemy that threatens to steal Australia's freedom. Only they can stop this. ...

  • Checkers

    "Australia's king of young adult fiction" The AustralianShe has parents, a brother, friends and a dog. Sometimes the dog seems like the only one she can trust.Her life is about to fall apart.The dog is Checkers.The book is unforgettable.Fans of Veron...

  • Norton's Hut

    When a group of young hikers gets lost in a blinding snow storm, they find shelter in an abandoned hut. Inside the hut they find a man who ignores them and by morning he has disappeared. After they are rescued, they question whether either the man or...

  • Darkness, Be My Friend

    Tomorrow - 4

    Ellie and her friends had been rescued, airlifted out of their own country to the safe haven of New Zealand. They'd arrived burnt and injured and shocked, with broken bones, and scars inside and out. They did not want to go back. But five month...

  • Burning for Revenge

    Tomorrow - 5

    From Hell to Stratton isn’t an easy trip, especially when the enemy’s headquarters lies somewhere in between. And that’s exactly where Ellie and her friends unwillingly find themselves -- smack in the middle of the Wirrawee airfield. With only ...

  • Winter

    "Australia's king of young adult fiction" The AustralianWinter is sixteen. It's time to come home.For twelve years Winter has been haunted. Her past, her memories, her feelings, will not leave her alone. And now, at sixteen, the time has come for her...



  • The Head Book

    Is there a geographical centre of Islam? What was Australia's political crisis in 1975? Are swinging seats found in a playground or in Australian politics? And why is gravity so heavy, man? John Marsden, Australia's bestselling writer for teenagers, ...

  • The Night Is For Hunting

    Tomorrow - 6

    Hell’s a big place, but it gets crowded when Ellie and her friends take an uncooperative crew of orphans under their wing and into their hidden refuge. It’s not easy to keep four young children busy and happy in the bush, and things only get wors...

  • The Boy You Brought Home

    From John Marsden, the highly-acclaimed and bestselling author of Secret Men's Business, comes a practical guide to help single mothers enjoy and celebrate raising their sons. Drawing on his years as teacher and mentor to young people, John Marsden f...

  • The Other Side of Dawn

    Tomorrow - 7

    Since their home was invaded by enemy soldiers and transformed into a war zone, Ellie and her friends have been fighting for their lives. They have learned survival skills out of necessity and taken care of each other through impossibly dark times. N...

  • Rabbits

  • While I Live

    The Ellie Chronicles - 1

    THE WAR IS OVER, BUT THE FIGHTING GOES ON... For Ellie Linton, fighting is supposed to be a thing of the past. The raids, the ambushes, the gunfire -- she wants it all behind her. Being back on her family's farm is what's supposed to make the terr...

  • Incurable

    The Ellie Chronicles - 2

    THE WAR MAY BE OVER, BUT BATTLES RAGE IN EVERY DIRECTION... Ellie Linton is a survivor. Because she's honest. Because she's loyal. Because she's incurably brave. And because sometimes she's lucky. But what happens to survivors when their luck r...

  • Out of Time

    James often finds himself gazing out the window at night, wondering about other worlds, and what it might be like to live somewhere else. But it is all just a dream--until the memorable night he slips into the laboratory of his friend, Mr. Woodforde....

  • Circle of Flight

    The Ellie Chronicles - 3

    WHEN THE AMMUNITION RUNS OUT, WHO WILL BE LEFT STANDING? Ellie Linton is a fighter. She has faith in her own abilities. But she's not Superwoman, and enemies are everywhere. Some come crawling over the hills; others drive up and knock on the fr...

  • Dear Miffy

    "Australia's king of young adult fiction" The AustralianDreamed about you again. Like I do most nights.Tony writes letters. To Miffy.And breaks your heart.Your life's a solo run, and even the crowd that's cheering you want you to fall over. They love...



  • Hamlet

    Something is rotten in the state of Denmark, but Hamlet can’t be sure what’s causing the stench. His rage at his mother’s infidelities -- together with his greed for the sensual Ophelia and his dead father’s call to revenge a "murder most f...

  • Galloglas

    The Year My Life Broke

    From the mutli-award winning and bestselling author of the Tomorrow series."Australia's king of young adult fiction" The Australian You move into the most boring street in the most boring town in Australia. Tarrawagga is a hole. Its only ambition is ...

  • The Third Day, the Frost

    Book 3 of the Tomorrow series

    What’s the biggest danger you can think of? This is bigger.

    What’s the toughest challenge you can imagine? This is tougher.

    What’s the greatest fear you have? You're about to find out.

    “Ho...

  • South of Darkness

    A riveting story of courage, hope and extraordinary adventure."You will hardly read a more fascinating account of a convict's voyage to Australia" Australian Book ReviewThirteen-year-old Barnaby Fletch is a bag-and-bones orphan in London in the late ...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

John Marsden has published 34 books.

John Marsden does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, South of Darkness, was published in November 2014.

The first book by John Marsden, The Journey, was published in July 1990.

Yes. John Marsden has 2 series.
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