Felice Arena

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Felice Arena

Born March 10, 1968 (1968-03-10) (age 40)
Kyabram, Victoria
Occupation Novelist, Children's Writer, Illustrator, Actor
Genres Children,
Official website

Felice Arena (b. March 10, 1968) is a popular Australian children's author and illustrator. His books have topped bestseller lists and have garnered a number of awards. He is best known for the bestselling Specky Magee series and most recently his picture book, Sally and Dave - a Slug Story

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[edit] Biography

The son of Italian immigrants, Felice (pronounced Fe-LEE-chay) was born in Kyabram, Victoria. Arena attended La Trobe University, in Bendigo, Victoria. He graduated as a primary (elementary) school teacher but decided to pursue his love of writing.[1]

Aside from being a bestselling author, Felice is also an actor. He played Marco Alessi in Neighbours[2][1] for a year. He also starred in many London West End musicals, including "Hair", "Godspell" and "What a feeling" with Irena Cara.

[edit] Books

  • Dolphin Boy Blue (1996)
  • Mission Buffalo (1997)
  • Wish (1999)
  • Bravo Billy (2000)
  • Breakaway John (2001)

[edit] Picture Books

  • Sally and Dave, A Slug Story Australia (2007) USA (2008)
  • "Hey, Cat!" June 2008

[edit] Book Series

Specky Magee (2002)
Specky Magee & the great footy contest! (2003)
Specky Magee and the Season of Champions (2004)
Specky Magee and the Boots of Glory (2005)
Specky Magee and a Legend in the Making (2006)
Specky Magee and the Spirit of the Game (2007)
  • Boyz Rule and Girlz Rock Series

[edit] Specky Magee

The Specky Magee series, published by Penguin, is one of the biggest-selling children’s book series in Australia. The enormously popular books chronicles the life and times of teenager Simon Magee, an Australian Rules football champion in the making.

The series, written by Arena and his former school-mate and Melbourne Football Club star,[3] Garry Lyon, have also been short-listed for numerous Australian Children Choice awards -- including two time winner of the Young Australian Best Book Award.

There are currently six books in the series.

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b Felice Arena, Author. Bookedout Speakers Agency. Retrieved on 2008-02-02.
  2. ^ Felice Arena. The Internet Movie Database.
  3. ^ Felice Arena (1968-) Biography - Personal, Addresses, Career, Writings, Sidelights. J Rank Biography. Retrieved on 2008-02-02.

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NAME Arena, Felice
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Children's Writer and actor
DATE OF BIRTH March 10, 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Kyabrum, Victoria
DATE OF DEATH
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