When Death has a story to tell, you listen.

It is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier, and will become busier still.

Liesel Meminger is a foster girl living outside of Munich, who scratches out a meager existence for herself by stealing when she encounters something she can’t resist–books. With the help of her accordion-playing foster father, she learns to read and shares her stolen books with her neighbors during bombing raids as well as with the Jewish man hidden in her basement. 

In superbly crafted writing that burns with intensity, award-winning author Markus Zusak, author of I Am the Messenger, has given us one of the most enduring stories of our time.

马库斯·苏萨克（Markus Zusak）

澳大利亚作家，1975年生于悉尼。代表作《偷书贼》于2005年出版，位居《纽约时报》畅销书榜超10年，先后被译为40余种语言，在国际上广受欢迎，2013年由好莱坞改编为同名电影。苏萨克于2007年获美国图书馆协会颁发的普林兹奖。2014年，因其在青少年文学领域的成绩，获美国图书馆协会颁发的玛格瑞特·A·爱德华奖。