My aim is always to write Books That Move - books that are pacy and engaging but that also inspire, with characters that you care about.

Mac Slater!

I have a brand new, fast-moving book series called Mac Slater, Coolhunter. In the US it's known as Mac Slater Hunts the Cool. The second book in the series is on Australian shelves now and in US stores, March 2011

* Visit the official US Mac Slater site.

* See the Book Trailer for Mac 2: I ♥ NY

* Visit the Australian Mac Slater site.

Nit Boy!

They'll make you laugh

They'll make you cry

They'll make you scratch

* Check out www.nitboy.com

* Watch the Animated Video Book Trailer.

The two Nit Boy books, Lift Off and Bug Out are in stores now. They're about a kid called Lewis who's had nits for pretty much his entire life. Lewis has thousands of nits. His teachers and mum want to shave his head but Lewis has had nits so long that he sees them as his pets. Meanwhile, in the dense forest on Lewis's head, Ned, the first-ever jumping louse, has just been born. And the nits are poised to take over the town, the country, the world.

Soon you'll be able to do a nit quiz, enter the competition, read a chapter, see the book trailer, download cool nit stuff and other things.

it's yr life

What did Sim find in a dumpster that has him running scared? Whose footprints are outside Milla’s window – and how can she fix her screwed-up family before something terrible

happens?

New Young Adult novel out now. Co-written with Tempany Deckert. Check out more here.

Kids Inc.

I wrote eight short books for Kids Inc., a series about kids getting together and setting up their own businesses. There are four action-packed titles known as Dream Racers about a group of friends who set up a go-kart race team. Another set of four, Hollywood or Bust  sees some kids start up their own movie production company, just like I did as a teenager.

You can ask for the books through your school or local library or order them via this site. Click the links on this page to find out more about Mac Slater Coolhunter, Hollywood and Racers.