Born and raised in New Zealand, D. J. Connell lived and worked in various countries, first as a writer for a newspaper, then for a non-profit organisation.
Her first novel had an Australian setting, but the second, Sherry Cracker Gets Normal, did not. By the time she published her third novel, The Improbable Life of Ricky Bird, she was living in Sydney.
Source: HarperCollins website, www.harpercollins.co.uk (sighted 05/07/2010)