Stories can bring alive the moral universe in a very vivid, useful, engaging way.

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• Morris Gleitzman:

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• Morris Gleitzman:

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• Morris Gleitzman:

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• Morris Gleitzman:

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• Morris Gleitzman:

  Halfway through primary school, I realised that I was not as physically strong or fearless as many

• Morris Gleitzman:

  I think, to be a successful author, you've got to be part recluse and part show-off.

• Morris Gleitzman:

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• Morris Gleitzman:

  In 1969, we emigrated to Australia. It was a big change. The heat, the flies, and the completely di

• Morris Gleitzman:

  I discovered you can get closer to a character's thoughts and feelings in a book than in a film.

• Morris Gleitzman:

  I've always been interested in setting my stories against a big event, the importance of which my y