About the Author

Nick Bland is one of Australia's bestselling authors and illustrators. He grew up in the Victorian bush and spent his twenties in Melbourne, where he worked in a bookshop and illustrated readers in his spare time. His first book was published in 2005. Nick is the creator of the hugely successful The Very Cranky Bear series, The Wrong Book, Walk of the Whales and author of The Runaway Hug (with Freya Blackwood). His award-winning creations have been published around the world. He lives in tropical Darwin, where he writes and illustrates full-time.