{{Short description|Slovenian writer and actor}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2014}} {{Infobox writer | name = Desa Muck | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date|1955|08|29|df=y}} | birth_place = Ljubljana, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (now in Slovenia) | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = writer and actor | nationality = | spouse = | children = | genre = | movement = | notableworks = Lažniva Suzi, Anica series, | awards = {{Awd|Levstik Award|2005|for the Anica series}} | influences = | influenced = | website = | footnotes = }}
'''Desa Muck''' (born 29 August 1955) is a Slovenian writer, children's writer and actor. She works as a freelance artist and writes newspaper columns, radio plays, but is best known for her juvenile fiction.<ref>[http://www.mladinska.com/knjige/ustvarjalci/ustvarjalec?auid=64 Mladinska Knjiga Publishing House site] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101218202623/http://www.mladinska.com/knjige/ustvarjalci/ustvarjalec?auid=64 |date=18 December 2010 }}</ref>
Muck was born in Ljubljana in 1955. She writes for children and teenagers and won the Levstik Award for her series of stories ''Anica'' in 2005.<ref>{{cite web|language=Slovenian|url=http://www.rtvslo.si/kultura/knjige/podelitev-levstikovih-nagrad/137517|accessdate=January 23, 2015| publisher=RTVSLO site|date= 27 June 2005| title=Podelitev Levstikovih nagrad :: Prvi interaktivni multimedijski portal, MMC RTV Slovenija}}</ref>
==Awards== * My Favourite Book by young Slovenian readers winner 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007<ref name="byr"/> * Večernica Award nominee 1996, 2001, 2003 and 2004<ref name="byr"/> * Večernica Award winner 1998<ref name="byr"/> * Levstik Award winner 2005<ref name="byr"/> * International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) Honour List winner 2006<ref name="byr">{{cite book |title=Slovenia's Best for Young Readers |editor=Jana Babšek |editor2=Janja Vidmar |editor3=Irena Miš Svoljšak |year=2010 |publisher=Slovenian Book Agency |isbn=978-961-92821-0-6 |page=76 |url=http://www.jakrs.si/fileadmin/datoteke/Nova_spletna_stran/Predstavitvena_gradiva/Katalogi/Slo_best_for_young_readers_2010-katalog-ang.pdf |accessdate=13 July 2015}}</ref>
==Published works==
===Youth Literature===
''The Annie Series'': * ''Anica in grozovitež'' (Annie and the Monster), 2001 * ''Anica in materinski dan'' (Annie and Mother's Day), 2001 * ''Anica in zajček'' (Annie and the Bunny), 2001 * ''Anica in Jakob'' (Annie and Jacob), 2002 * ''Anica in športni dan'' (Annie and Sports Day), 2002 * ''Anica in velike skrbi'' (Annie and Great Worries), 2003 * ''Anica in počitnice'' (Annie and Holidays), 2004 * ''Anica in velika skrivnost'' (Annie and the Big Secret), 2004 * ''Anica in prva ljubezen'' (Annie and First Love), 2005 * ''Anica in skrivnostna maska'' (Annie and the Mysterious Mask), 2007
''Other works for children and youth'': * ''Tistega lepega dne'' (That Fine Day), 1992 * ''Blazno resno o seksu'' (Deadly Seriously About Sex), 1993 * ''Pod milim nebom'' (Under the Open Skies), 1993 * ''Blazno resno popolni'' (Deadly Seriously Perfect), 1995 * ''Hči Lune'' (Daughter of the Moon), 1995 * ''Blazno resno zadeti'' (Deadly Seriously Stoned), 1996 * ''Kremplin'' (Claws), 1996 * ''Lažniva Suzi'' (Lying Suzy), 1997 * ''Blazno resno slavni'' (Deadly Seriously Famous), 1998 * ''Fonton'', 1998 * ''Blazno resno o šoli'' (Deadly Seriously About School), 2000 * ''Čudež v operi'' (The Miracle at the Opera), 2001 * ''Sama doma'' (Girls Home Alone), 2001 * ''Kakšne barve je svet'' (What Colour Is the World), 2002 * ''Kokoš velikanka'' (The Giant Chicken), 2007 * ''Ko se želva izgubi ...'' (When the Tortoise Gets Lost...), 2009 ===Adult fiction=== * ''Panika'' (Panic), 2003 * ''Neskončno ljubljeni moški'' (The Eternally Loved Man), 2004 * ''Pasti življenja'' (Life's Traps), 2005 * ''Peskovnik Boga Otroka'' (The Child God's Sandpit), 2006 * ''Pasti življenja II'' (Life's Traps II), 2007 * ''Nebo v očesu lipicanca'' (The Sky in the Lipizzaner's Eyes), 2010
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