Felice Arena


Felice Arena is an Australian children's author, actor and playwright. He is best known for the bestselling and award-winning Specky Magee series, the action-packed bionic-hero series Andy Roid, Sporty Kids, his acclaimed historical novels The Boy and the Spy, Fearless Frederic A Great Escape and most recently his beginner reader series The Besties.

Biography

Arena was born in Kyabram, Victoria, and attended La Trobe University, in Bendigo, Victoria. He graduated as a primary school teacher but decided to pursue writing.
Arena is also an actor. He played the role of Marco Alessi in the Australian soap opera Neighbours for a year. He also starred in London West End musicals including Hair and Godspell.

Books

The Specky Magee series, written by Arena and his former school-mate and Melbourne Football Club star, Garry Lyon, have also been short-listed for numerous Australian Children Choice awards—including three-time winner of the Young Australian Best Book Award. There are eight books in the series.

As contributor

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