Shirley Marr
Shirley Marr is a first generation Chinese-Australian located in Perth and an author of Young Adult and children’s fiction.
Little Jiang, a spirited Middle Grade novel featuring a pint-sized Chinese vampire is out now through Fremantle Press. A Glasshouse of Stars, a contemporary migration novel based on her childhood story is set to be published internationally in mid 2021 by Penguin Random House (AUS), Simon & Shuster (US) and Usborne Books (UK).
Her previous two contemporary young adult titles are Fury (a dark and funny murder story narrated by a petulant sixteen-year-old mean girl) and Preloved (a lower-teen paranormal love story for girls who don’t like paranormal love stories), both published by Black Dog Books, an imprint of Walker Books Australia.
