'J.O. Mantel is an Australian author, and he loves creating characters that his readers fall in love with. He always had a love for reading from a very young age, and at night, could be found curled under the covers with his favourite Roald Dahl or Morris Gleitzman book. When he finds himself in a situation where he doesn't fit in, or things get tough, he escapes to a world of fiction.' (Amazon)