Now playing in theaters is director Brian Percival’s (Downton Abbey) fantastic adaptation of Markus Zusak's novel The Book Thief. The story is about a young girl (Sophie Nélisse) who is sent to live ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... For nearly 13 years, Markus Zusak struggled to write “Bridge of Clay,” his first novel since the phenomenal success of “The Book Thief,” which has sold 16 ...

Markus Zusak, acclaimed and best-selling author most famously of The Book Thief, is getting back on the road. In advance of the publication of his epic new novel Bridge of Clay, Zusak has exclusively ...

It’s Markus Zusak’s “weird optimism” that kept him pushing through to the culmination of his latest work. The 44-year-old Australian author came to the Iowa City Public Library Monday night for a stop ...

Novelist Markus Zusak seen at a screening of The Book Thief film in 2013. Zusak's latest novel is Bridge of Clay. It follows five brothers who've lost their mother to cancer and whose father returns ...

The Daily Iowan sat down with Markus Zusak, author of The Book Thief, to discuss the writing process. Zusak’s latest book, Bridge of Clay, was released on October 9, 2018.