About the Author

Morris Gleitzman was born in Lincolnshire and moved to Australia in his teens. He worked as a paperboy, a shelf-stacker, a frozen chicken de-froster, an assistant to a fashion designer, and more before taking a degree in Professional Writing at Canberra College and becoming a writer. He has written for TV, stage, newspapers, and magazines but is best-known for his hugely succesful children's books including Two Weeks with the Queen, Bumface, and Once. Morris Gleitzman was born in Lincolnshire and moved to Australia in his teens. He worked as a paperboy, a shelf-stacker, a frozen chicken de-froster, an assistant to a fashion designer, and more before taking a degree in Professional Writing at Canberra College and becoming a writer. He has written for TV, stage, newspapers, and magazines but is best-known for his hugely succesful children's books including Two Weeks with the Queen, Bumface, and Once.