Justine Larbalestier (born 23 September 1967 ) is an Australian writer of young adult fiction best known for her 2009 novel, Liar.

Personal life

Larbalestier was born and raised in Sydney. She now alternates residence between Sydney and New York City. In 2001 she married the American science fiction writer Scott Westerfeld, whom she met in New York City in 2000.

Selected works

Nonfiction

Fiction as editor

Novels

Short fiction

Awards

Magic or Madness won the 2007 Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy—as the year's best book published in the US according to American speculative fiction writers. Daughters of Earth: Feminist Science Fiction won one of Australia's Ditmar Awards in 2007, the William Atheling Jr. Award for Criticism or Review and the Susan Koppelman Award. Her works have also been among the runners-up for several annual book awards (whose definitions of the award year may vary).