Catherine Jinks, author of more than thirty books for children and adults, is a three-time winner of the Children’s Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Award. She has received many American accolades such as Publishers’ Weekly Best Book of the Year and School Library Journal Best Book of the Year for EvilGenius, which was also a Book Sense Children’s Pick and a New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age. In 2001 she was presented with a Centenary Medal for her contribution to Australian children’s literature. Catherine lives in Leura, Australia. www.catherinejinks.com