About the Author

Melanie La'Brooy is an Australian author who has previously written five novels for adults, which were published in Australia by Penguin Books and internationally. For several years, Melanie regularly contributed political columns to the Melbourne newspaper, The Age, and did book reviews on ABC radio in Melbourne. Over the past twelve years she has lived in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Middle East with her family. Melanie wrote this story for her three children who, like Penn, aren't quite sure where they fit into the world sometimes either.