The granddaughter of a Gallipoli veteran and the niece of three soldiers and a pilot who served in WWII, Mary-Anne has drawn on her own family history to inspire and inform her writing. 
Mary-Anne's first novel 'Gallipoli Street' ranked the third highest debut novel in Australia in 2015 and both subsequent novels are also bestsellers. In A Great Southern Land is heavily anticipated as one of Australia's biggest historical sagas of 2019 and is due out internationally March 18.
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Available in print, ebook, large print and audio
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Available in print, ebook and large print
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Available in print, ebook, large print and audio
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​​'Wins over the reader with the clarity of her characters and a strong plot'
- Mike Bruce, Daily Telegraph
'War Flower is a roller-coaster of emotions. One minute it will have you laughing; the next you'll be heartbroken. It's that good.' - Good Reading Magazine
​'Aussie author Mary-Anne O’Connor was utterly, heartbreakingly brilliant!' - Brenda, Netgalley
'Heart-warming and heart-wrenching' - the Hoopla 
'Moved us deeply'- Apple iBooks 
'Will stay with you well after you have finished reading it' - QBD bookstores
​'A fresh, new voice in Australian fiction' - A Reader's Heaven
​Book of the month QBD: http://blog.qbd.com.au/2015/04/01/book-of-the-month-gallipoli-street/