Melina Marchetta is a best-selling and writer and teacher who has won many awards. She is best known for her novels Looking for Alibrandi, Saving Francesca and On the Jellicoe Road. Amongst her awards are Her awards include the CBCA Children’s Book of the Year Award: Older Readers (twice), the 2009 Michael L. Printz Award from the American Library Association, recognising the year’s best book for young adults. Her fourth novel won the 2008 Aurealis Award for best young-adult novel and the 2009 ABIA (Australian Booksellers Industry Awards) Book of the Year for Older Children. Melina also wrote the screen adaptation of Looking for Alibrandi and won a number of scriptwriting awards including an AFI and The NSW Premier’s Literary Awards. Melina has also wrtten for the award-winning TV series, Dance Academy. Tell the Truth, Shame the Devil, is her first adult crime novel.