ABOUT THE AUTHOR

IAIN LAWRENCE studied journalism in Vancouver, British Columbia, and worked for small newspapers in the northern part of the province. He settled on the coast, living first in the port city of Prince Rupert and now on the Gulf Islands. An avid sailor, he wrote two nonfiction books about his travels along the coast before turning to children’s novels. B for Buster reveals his interest in flying, which he developed during his school days. But none of his schemes worked out, from his grade two plan for linoleum wings that would help him fly from his garage roof, to his later hope of becoming a bush pilot. During high school he joined a skydiving club near Toronto and made fifteen parachute jumps. On his last jump, he landed on an electric cattle fence. After that, he went north to work in a logging camp not far from Kakabeka Falls.

Iain Lawrence is the author of six other novels for young readers: the acclaimed High Seas Trilogy: The Wreckers (an Edgar Allan Poe Award nominee), The Smugglers, and The Buccaneers; Ghost Boy, a Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year, a School Library Journal Best Book of the Year, an ALA Best Book for Young Adults, and an ALA Notable Book; Lord of the Nutcracker Men, a Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year and a School Library Journal Best Book of the Year; and The Lightkeeper’s Daughter, an ALA Top Ten Best Book for Young Adults.