Melina Marchetta was born in Sydney in 1965. She published her first novel, Looking for Alibrandi, a story capturing the lives of young people in the Italian community, in 1992.

Additional sources: AustLit: The Australian Literature Resource (subscription database).

Published Resources

Newspaper Articles

• Horsfield, Dorothy, 'Taking the best from two cultures', The Canberra Times, 22 August 1993, p. 28. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article127227877. Details

Online Resources

• The Writer's Room: Melina Marchetta, Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC): The Book Club, Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), c.2014, http://www.abc.net.au/tv/firsttuesday/s3860882.htm. Details
• 'Melina Marchetta: The Piper's Son: Viking, an Imprint of Penguin Australia', in Miles Franklin Literary Award, The Trust Company, c.2014, http://www.milesfranklin.com.au/bio_melinam. Details
• 'Melina Marchetta (Writer)', in Internet Movie Database, Amazon.com, c.2014, http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0545551/. Details
• 'Melina Marchetta (Author): About', in Penguin Books Australia, Penguin Books Australia, c.2014, http://www.penguin.com.au/contributors/1171/melina-marchetta. Details

See also

• 'Marchetta, Melina', The Australian Women's Register, National Foundation for Australian Women, http://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/AWE5209b.htm. Details