Jaclyn Moriarty grew up in Sydney, flew away to live in the US, England and Canada, and then came home to Sydney again.  She spent four years working as a media and entertainment lawyer but now spends her days taking her baby Charlie to the park, and writing whenever Charlie sleeps.  Jaclyn is the author of the international best-seller, Feeling Sorry for Celia (winner of the New South Wales Premier’s Award for Young Adult Fiction) and its companion books, Finding Cassie Crazy and The Betrayal of Bindy Mackenzie.  Her books have been translated into several languages including Dutch, Italian, Danish, German, Hebrew and Thai, and have been named Best Books for Young Adults by the American Librarians Association.  Her most recent novel is The Spell Book of Listen Taylor. 
(You can see photographs of Charlie at www.jaclymoriarty.com)

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