SUZY ZAIL was born in Melbourne, where she studied law and worked as a solicitor. She has written for magazines and newspapers and is the author of award-winning children’s books published in Australia, Canada and the United States. She has written a number of books for adults, including The Tattooed Flower, an account of how her father survived the Holocaust. The Wrong Boy is her first work of fiction for young adults and was short-listed for Book of the Year in the Older Readers category at the 2013 Children’s Book Council of Australia Awards.