Tony abbott utah

The Great Jeff

Hello and thanks for visiting my website. My name is Tony Abbott, and I am and have been a full-time children’s writer for almost 30 years. I have written about 107 books, including Danger Guys, The Secrets of Droon, Firegirl, Kringle, The Postcard, Lunch-Box Dream, Underworlds, Goofballs, The Copernicus Legacy, and many more.

My most recent books are Junk Boy (HarperCollins, 2020), The Great Jeff (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2019), The Summer of Owen Todd (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2018), and Denis Ever After (HarperCollins, 2018).

I live and work in Trumbull, Connecticut, USA.

I speak at schools and conference. Click here for information about arranging a visit with your organization.

October 2020

Junk Boy was published on October 13. It is my first novel for young adult readers (YA). Reviews have been favorable, and it is a Junior Library Guild selection.

“This poignant novel in verse captures the bleakness and frustration of both teens’ lives and draws them out of their despair with courage and compassion. Th

Biography

Tony Abbott was elected prime minister by the Australian people on September 7, 2013, and served for two years.

In that time, the carbon tax and mining tax were repealed; free trade agreements were finalised with China, Japan and Korea; the people smuggling trade from Indonesia to Australia was halted; Australia became the second largest military contributor to the US-led campaign against Islamic State in Iraq; the biggest federally-supported infrastructure program in Australian history commenced; and, as PM, he chaired the G20 meeting of global leaders in Brisbane in November 2014.

In 2014, and again in 2015, he spent a week running the government from a remote indigenous community.

He served as the member for Warringah in the Australian parliament between 1994 and 2019. As the local MP, he was instrumental in the creation of the Sydney Harbour Federation Trust to preserve the natural and built heritage of his electorate and elsewhere.

Prior to entering parliament, he was a journalist with The Australian, a senior adviser to opposition leader John Hewson, and direc

Tony Abbott


Born

in Cleveland, Ohio, The United States

October 26, 1952


Website

http://www.tonyabbottbooks.com/


Twitter

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Genre

Children's Books


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Tony Abbott (born 1952) is an American author of children's books. His most popular work is the book series The Secrets of Droon, which includes over 40 books. He has sold over 12 million copies of his books and they have been translated into several other languages, including Italian, Spanish, Korean, French, Japanese, Polish, Turkish, and Russian. He has also written the bestseller Firegirl.

Abbott was born in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1952. His father was a university professor and had an extensive library of books which became one of Abbott's first sources of literature. When he was eight years old, his family moved to Connecticut where he went through elementary school and high school.

Abbott attended the University of Connecticut, and after sTony Abbott (born 1952) is an American author of children's books. His most popular work is the book series The Secrets of Droon, whic

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