Sherryl Clark has written thirty-eight books for children, including Up a Tree, Boots and All and many titles in the Aussie Nibbles, Bites and Chomps series. Her most recent verse novel, Sixth Grade Style Queen (Not!), was an Honour Book in the 2008 CBC Award – Younger Readers category. She has published two collections of poetry for adults and is a co-editor of Poetrix magazine. Sherryl teaches fiction and poetry writing in the Diploma of Professional Writing & Editing at Victoria University TAFE, and lives in Melbourne with her husband.