Books by Madonna King

TEN-AGER is an indispensable guide to help parents understand how their daughter is feeling, what they need to know, what to say, and when to stay silent and listen.

Helping fierce teenage girls become awesome women.

Will this man be Australia''s next Prime Minister?While thousands of viewers watched Joe Hockey''s approachable persona each week on Channel 7''s Sunrise, there is a lot more to the Australian Treasurer than meets the eye. After embarking on his political career as a student, Hockey worked tirelessly to rise through the ranks of the Liberal Party - learning some pivotal lessons along the way and earning himself one of the nation''s toughest jobs. Having held a raft of senior ministerial positions in the Howard government, he presides over some of the most controversial financial decisions of the decade: rejecting the bid by US food processing giant Archer Daniels Midland to take over Graincorp; Holden''s decision to leave Australia; and demands for help from national icons such as Qantas and SPC Ardmona. Already a household name, it is hard not to know about Hockey the politician, who has declared a ''new age of opportunity'' and whose Budget has got the nation talking. But what about the man behind the politician?Drawing on hundreds of interviews, as well as full access to Joe Hockey, his family and friends, Madonna King''s biography explores the influences that have shaped his life, and provides an exclusive and unparalleled insight into the man who will play a pivotal role in our nation''s future.

An unforgettable story of perseverance and aspiration, this biography of Dr. Ian Frazer, the man whose vaccine for cervical cancer has helped save the lives of more than 275,000 women around the world each year, peels back the many layers of his extraordinary life. Given exclusive access to Frazer, biographer and journalist Madonna King tells of his ongoing struggle for funding cancer research, the herculean international legal battle waged to win the patent, the devastating loss of his friend and co researcher, Dr. Jian Zhou, and Frazer's ongoing commitment to have the vaccine made available in the developing world. This chronicle provides fascinating insight into the life of the Scottish-born Australian of the Year who is behind one of the great medical discoveries of the century.