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What do you call a potato that picks on Jews?
a dicTATER.

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Zusak received many awards for The Book Thief, including the Michael L. Printz Honor and the Kathleen Mitchell Award (Australia). It was named a Best Book by the School Library Journal and the Young Adult Library Services Association, and was the Editors’ Choice in the Kirkus Review and Booklist.

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Zusak chose the subject matter in part to share the stories his parents told him about growing up in Austria and Germany during the war.

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Markus Frank Zusak is an Australian writer.

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Zusak's father was a house-painter (like Hans Hubermann) and neither parent spoke English very well, but they made sure their children did plenty of reading.

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8 million copies worldwide and translated into 30 different languages

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began writing fiction at 16 and pursued a degree in teaching

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He redrafted The Book Thief 200 times

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The Book Thief reached the coveted #1 spot on the New York Times Bestseller List and stayed on the list for over 8 years

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The Book Thief reached the coveted #1 spot on the New York Times Bestseller List and stayed on the list for over 8 years

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He won the Kathleen Mitchell Award in 2006, Book Sense Book of the Year award for Children's Literature in 2007 and National Jewish Book Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature

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He was born on June 23, 1975.

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When he was a teenager Zusak decided he wanted to be a writer. He is the author of five books: The Underdog, Fighting Ruben Wolfe, When Dogs Cry, The Messenger, and The Book Thief. The Book Thief is his best known work by far, and has been translated into more than thirty languages.

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His parents were originally from Germany (mother) and Austria (father).So he grew up hearing their stories about World War II.

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He also wrote "The Messenger", an international best-seller alongside "The Book Thief".