About the Author

Nicole Pluss was born in Sydney where she practised as a lawyer for several years before deciding to write full time. She has lived in Perth and Adelaide but now lives in Sydney with her husband Horden and their daughters, Ellen and Emma. Scout is her fifth novel for young readers. It was inspired by the true journals and letters of adventurous young people who chose to sail the Great Southern Ocean in the 1800's in search of a new life in Australia.