When Liesl learns to read, she begins stealing books, hence the title of Zusak's book. You can find an excerpt of "The Book Thief" below. First the colors. Then the humans.

On Monday evening, March 28, Markus Zusak, the 35-year old Australian author of The Book Thief, will be welcomed by an entire town of readers at the Greenwich Library. His widely acclaimed novel ...

In this heartrending memoir, novelist Zusak (The Book Thief) recounts his family’s love affair with three rowdy rescue dogs: Reuben, Archer, and Frosty. Writing after the last of the three died ...

The Book Thief author Markus Zusak explains why failure is good for you at TEDxSydney talk MARKUS Zusak is a best-selling author whose novel has been adapted into an Oscar-nominated film but he ...

There are too many to name, but here are a few: “A Long Walk to Water,” by Linda Sue Park; “Refugee,” by Alan Gratz; “The Book Thief,” by Markus Zusak; “When You Reach Me,” by ...

FabFiction, a scripted co-production initiative between ARD’s public broadcasters NDR, SWR and WDR, has boarded Lingo Pictures’ The Messenger. Based on Markus Zusak’s best-selling novel of ...

What made The Book Thief merit the adjective “excellent” from me was not the gripping story. Instead, it was the narrator, Death. Zusak personifies Death and also makes him/her a synesthete.

The hardest task set before any feature film is to live up to a beloved and bestselling book. Markus Zusak’s “The Book Thief” was not only widely read and well loved; it is also a book-lover ...

EXCLUSIVE: Warner Bros Pictures has acquired Shannon Messenger’s bestselling book series Keeper of the Lost Cities, with Emma Watts set to produce. Messenger’s series focuses on Sophie, a ...