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Mic Looby (born 1969) is an Australian author and illustrator.

A former guidebook writer for Lonely Planet, his debut novel Paradise Updated – a satire about the inner workings of a guidebook company – was published in 2009 by Affirm Press. Looby is also a columnist with the Australian chapter of The Big Issue magazine and has illustrated three titles in the It's True! series of children's non-fiction books published by Allen & Unwin.

Bibliography

• Mic Looby (2018). Black Snake. Australia: Affirm Press. ISBN 978-1-9255849-5-0.
• Mic Looby (2009). Paradise Updated. Australia: Affirm Press. ISBN 978-0-9803746-6-7.
• Heather Catchpole and Vanessa Woods (2007). It's True! Pirates Ate Rats. Australia: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 978-1-74114-607-3.
• Rick Wilkinson (2004). It's True! Animals Are Electrifying. Australia: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 978-1-74114-343-0.
• It's True! Frogs Are Cannibals. Australia: Allen & Unwin. 2003. ISBN 1-74114-271-7.

Further reading

• Article from The Australian by Mic Looby, on baldness and travel (2009)
• Article from The Age by Mic Looby, on children's music (2009)
• Article from The Age by Mic Looby, on memories of summer (2009)

External links

• Black Snake at Affirm Press
• Paradise Updated at Affirm Press
• Mic Looby Bio – It's True Books
• Looking for Looby: a profile
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