Jodie Wells-Slowgrove's life has revolved around kids and their books. She studied teacher-librarianship at university and has been a practising teacher for almost 20 years. She has published articles, reviews and teacher resources both on an off the web and has been the President of the Sutherland Shire Branch of The Fellowship of Australian Writers, a committee member of the Illawarra Branch of the Children's Book Council of Australia and the founder and Coordinator of the Sutherland Shire Writers' Festival. She lives in Sydney's south. (Source: http://www.penguin.com.au/contributors/8233/jodie-wells-slowgrove )