# Scot Gardner

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Australian writer

Scot Gardner Occupation Writer Language English Nationality Australian Notable works Burning Eddy The Dead I Know Notable awards WA Premiers Award, CBC Award for Young Adults Spouse Robyn Grant Children Jen, Belle, Bryce Website scotgardner.com

**Scot Gardner** is an Australian writer known for his [young adult novels](/source/Young_adult_novels).[1] He has worked as a counselor and [youth worker](/source/Youth_worker) before becoming a full-time novelist.

## Career

"I'm not exactly sure how I ended up a writer. I wanted to be a veterinarian when I was at school, but I did work experience as a vet and it was nothing like I'd imagined." - Scot Gardner

## Bibliography

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (May 2016)

- *One Dead Seagull* (2001)

- *White Ute Dreaming* (2002)

- *Burning Eddy* (2003)[2][3][4][5]

- *The Legend of Kevin the Plumber* (2004)

- *Kite Dude* (2004)

- *Gravity* (2006)

- *The Other Madonna* (2007)

- *The Lonely Lady* (2023)

- *Jacobs Last Walk* (2022)

- *Fall from the Slippery Cliff* (2021)

- *The Anti-Biotics Didn't Work* (2020)

- *Jequis Ain't No Sucker* (2001)

- *One Wheel Drive* (2007)

- *The Lost King* (2008)

- *The Detachable Boy* (2008)

- *Bookmark Days* (2009)

- *The Detachable Boy: With One Loose Foot* (2010)[6]

- *Happy as Larry* (2010)

- *The Dead I Know* (2011)

- *The Way We Roll* (2016)

- *Sparrow* (2017)

- *Changing Gears* (2018)

- *Off the Map* (2020)

## Critical studies and reviews of Gardner's work

- Mansfield, Stephen (September 2011). "Living without remembering". *[Australian Book Review](/source/Australian_Book_Review)* (334): 66–67. Review of *The Dead I Know*.

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Saturdays with Hilary Harper"](http://blogs.abc.net.au/victoria/2013/05/scot-gardner-.html). ABC. Retrieved 12 September 2013.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Potter, Troy (May 2007). ["(Re)constructing Masculinity: Representations of Men and Masculinity in Australian Young Adult Literature"](http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA166696873&v=2.1&u=viva_vcu&it=r&p=LitRC&sw=w). *Papers: Explorations into Children's Literature*. **17** (1): 28–35. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.21153/pecl2007vol17no1art1203](https://doi.org/10.21153%2Fpecl2007vol17no1art1203). Retrieved 12 September 2013.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Steward, Joy (February 2004). "Burning Eddy (review)". *Reading Time: The Journal of the Children's Book Council*. **48** (1): 21–22.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** England, Katharine (17 May 2003). "Burning Eddy (review)". *The Advertiser*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Julian, Janet (January 2006). ["Burning Eddy.(Young Adult Review)(Audiobook Review)"](http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA141167900&v=2.1&u=viva_vcu&it=r&p=LitRC&sw=w). *Kliatt*. **40** (1): 40. Retrieved 12 September 2013.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Review: The Detachable Boy WITH ONE LOOSE FOOT"](http://bookverdict.com/details.xqy?uri=Product-91235498466294.xml). School Library Journal. Retrieved 12 September 2013.

## External links

- [Official website](http://www.scotgardner.com/)

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