HIGHLY COMMENDED FOR NSW PREMIER'S LITERARY AWARDS THE PATRICIA WRIGHTSON PRIZE FOR CHILDREN'S LITERATURE 2022
SHORTLISTED FOR THE PRIME MINISTER'S LITERARY AWARDS CHILDREN'S LITERATURE 2022
SHORTLISTED FOR THE ABIA BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR YOUNGER CHILDREN (AGES 7-12) 2022
SHORTLISTED FOR THE CBCA BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR YOUNGER READERS 2022
Anahita Rosalind Ghorban-Galaszczuk (yes, that really is her name but you can call her Ana) is discovering that life is absurd. As if dying of cancer at the age of 12.5 isn't bad enough, she still has to endure daily insults from her nemesis, Alyssa (Queen Mean) Anderson.
Ana's on a wild roller-coaster of life and death, kindness and cruelty, ordinary and extraordinary.
And she's got a few things to do before she exits . . .
SHORTLISTED FOR THE YABBA AWARDS 2025
SHORTLISTED FOR THE YABBA AWARDS 2024
SHORTLISTED FOR THE SOUTH AUSTRALIAN LITERARY AWARDS 2024 CHILDREN'S LITERATURE AWARD
SHORTLISTED FOR THE AUSTRALIAN BOOK DESIGN AWARDS 2022 BEST DESIGNED CHILDREN'S FICTION BOOK
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Praise for Exit Through the Gift Shop
'Maryam is a brilliantly funny writer for kids. I have asked her to adapt my own books for the stage and she did a magnificent job every time. This original story of hers is an absolute joy.' - David Walliams Maryam Master was born in Iran and moved to Australia when she was nine. She is a screenwriter and playwright who loves creating shows for young audiences.
Maryam has adapted three of David Walliams' books for the stage - Mr Stink, Billionaire Boy and The Midnight Gang - as well as Oliver Jeffers' The Incredible Book Eating Boy, all of which premiered at the Sydney Opera House and toured across Australia. She also collaborated with Australian Children's Laureate Leigh Hobbs on Horrible Harriet: Live on Stage.
She began her career in TV, writing for shows like Home and Away, Blinky Bill and the Jim Henson Co's Bambaloo. In 2011 she was selected by Sesame Workshop as the writer for Elmo's tour of Australia.
Exit Through the Gift Shop is her first novel. Twelve-year-old Ana is discovering that life is absurd. She might have terminal cancer but she still has to endure insults from Queen Mean Anderson.
