Monica McInerney
About the author

Monica McInerney

One of the stars of Australian fiction, Monica McInerney is the author of the internationally bestselling novels A Taste for It, Upside Down Inside Out, Spin the Bottle, The Alphabet Sisters, Family Baggage, Those Faraday Girls, At Home with the Templetons, Lola's Secret, The House of Memories, Hello from the Gillespies, The Trip of a Lifetime and The Godmothers, and a short story collection, All Together Now. Those Faraday Girls was the winner of the General Fiction Book of the Year prize at the 2008 Australian Book Industry Awards. In 2006 Monica was the ambassador for the Australian Government initiative Books Alive, with her novella Odd One Out. Monica grew up in a family of seven children in the Clare Valley of South Australia and has been living between Australia and Ireland for twenty years. She and her Irish husband currently live in Dublin.

Books by Monica McInerney

Lola's Secret
Monica McInerney

Lola's Secret

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    The House of Memories
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    The House of Memories

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      Hello from the Gillespies
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      Hello from the Gillespies

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      All Together Now
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      All Together Now

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        At Home with the Templetons
        Monica McInerney

        At Home with the Templetons

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          Family Baggage.
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          Family Baggage.

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            The Alphabet Sisters
            Monica McInerney

            The Alphabet Sisters

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              Those Faraday Girls
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              Those Faraday Girls

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                A Taste For It
                Monica McInerney

                A Taste For It

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                The Trip of a Lifetime
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                The Trip of a Lifetime

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                Monica McInerney Articles

                Authors Share Summer Reading Recommendations at Our Christmas Party

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                16 December 2021

                Authors Share Summer Reading Recommendations at Our Christmas Party

                  Summer Holiday Magic: Extract from Marcie Gill and the Caravan Park Cat by Monica McInerney, Illustrated by Danny Snell

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                  16 November 2021

                  Summer Holiday Magic: Extract from Marcie Gill and the Caravan Park Cat by Monica McInerney, Illustrated by Danny Snell

                  Activity Pack: Marcie Gill and the Caravan Park Cat by Monica McInerney, Illustrated by Danny Snell

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                  15 November 2021

                  Activity Pack: Marcie Gill and the Caravan Park Cat by Monica McInerney, Illustrated by Danny Snell

                  Teachers' Notes: Marcie Gill and the Caravan Park Cat by Monica McInerney, illustrated by Danny Snell

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                  11 November 2021

                  Teachers' Notes: Marcie Gill and the Caravan Park Cat by Monica McInerney, illustrated by Danny Snell

                  Inventing Marcie Gill: Author Monica McInerney on Writing for Children

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                  11 November 2021

                  Inventing Marcie Gill: Author Monica McInerney on Writing for Children

                  Heartwarming and Delightful: Read Our Review of Marcie Gill and the Caravan Park Cat by Monica McInerney, illustrated by Danny Snell

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                  10 November 2021

                  Heartwarming and Delightful: Read Our Review of Marcie Gill and the Caravan Park Cat by Monica McInerney, illustrated by Danny Snell

                  Podcast: Monica McInerney on How Her Childhood Shaped Her Writing

                  Podcast

                  14 December 2020

                  Podcast: Monica McInerney on How Her Childhood Shaped Her Writing

                    Author Q&A: Monica McInerney on her Fabulous New Novel, The Godmothers

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                    21 October 2020

                    Author Q&A: Monica McInerney on her Fabulous New Novel, The Godmothers

                      Warm, Uplifting and Hopeful: Read a Sample Extract of The Godmothers by Monica McInerney

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                      19 October 2020

                      Warm, Uplifting and Hopeful: Read a Sample Extract of The Godmothers by Monica McInerney

                        The Godmothers by Monica McInerney is the Ultimate Comfort Read

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                        19 October 2020

                        The Godmothers by Monica McInerney is the Ultimate Comfort Read