Martine Murray (born 1965)[1] is an Australian author and illustrator residing in Melbourne.
She has written many critically acclaimed books, including How to Make a Bird, winner of the Queensland Premier's Literary Awards Young Adult award in 2004,[2] and The Slightly True Story of Cedar B. Hartley, winner of the Queensland Premier's Literary Awards Children's Book award in 2006.
[3] She has studied filmmaking at Prahran College, art at the Victorian College of the Arts and Movement & Dance at Melbourne University.
She has formed a dance theatre company called Bird on a Wire, and recently received Arts Victoria funding to develop and perform a full-length work, as part of Melbourne's Next Wave Festival.
[4][5] The Slightly True Story of Cedar B. Hartley was shortlisted for the CBC's young readers category in 2003.