GARTH NIX lives with his wife and son in Sydney, Australia. He is the best-selling author of the young adult fantasy series The Old Kingdom, The Seventh Tower, and The Keys to the Kingdom. A former sales rep, publicist, and senior editor in the publishing industry, his other novels include The Ragwitch, Shade’s Children, A Confusion of Princes, and the Troubletwisters trilogy (with Sean Williams). He has also written a number of scenarios for role-playing games and articles on information technology. Often asked if his name is actually a pseudonym, he is happy to confirm that it is not.