Daredevils

Bill Condon

sept 2015 · Univ. of Queensland Press

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'I don't want to live longer – I want to live bigger.'Thorns may have only a short time to live, but he's determined to make every second count. And that's where Jack comes in. Safe and quiet, he's going to help the high-spirited Thorns fulfill his wish list.Challenging, touching and funny, Daredevils is a story about friendship, courage, the pursuit of dreams and the joy of living.

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Before devoting himself to novels, Bill Condon had a long and successful career as a writer of short stories, plays and poetry for young people. His work encompasses many genres and he has more than one hundred titles to his credit. He lives on the south coast of New South Wales with his wife, the well known children's author Di (Dianne) Bates.Bill's young adult novels, Dogs (2001) and No Worries (2005) were Honour Books in the CBCA Awards. No Worries was also short-listed for the Ethel Turner Prize in the 2005 NSW Premier's Literary Awards. In 2010, his young adult novel, Confessions Of A Liar, Thief And Failed Sex God won the inaugural Prime Minister's Literary Award. A Straight Line To My Heart is Bill's most recent young adult novel. In 2012 it was a CBCA Honour Book, and was short-listed in the Prime Minister's Literary Awards and the Ethel Turner Prize. Bill's latest book is the junior novel, The Simple Things, published in 2014.