Nick Earls is the author of fifteen books for adults and teenagers, including the bestselling novels Zigzag Street, Bachelor Kisses, and Perfect Skin. 48 Shades of Brown won the Children’s Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Award for older readers in 2000 and Zigzag Street won a Betty Trask Award in the UK. He is also the author of the children’s series Word Hunters.
    His work has been published internationally in English and in translation, as well as being successfully adapted for film and theatre. He worked as a suburban GP and medical editor before turning to writing. Nick Earls lives in Brisbane.