Morris Gleitzman was born in 1953 in Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England and immigrated to Australia when he was sixteen. He has worked in a variety of jobs including TV producer, newspaper columnist and screenwriter. Then he had a wonderful experience. He wrote a novel for young people. Now he’s a children's author. Morris Gleitzman’s brilliant comic style has endeared him to adults and children alike. He is one of Australia’s best known writers of novels for children. His family comedies are enormously popular in Australia and overseas and involve unusual characters in unusual situations. Behind the humour is a poignancy that reflects real life problems, many of them controversial. His hugely successful books have won many awards and been published internationally. He was named Favourite Australian Author 1999 in the Dymocks Booksellers Children’s Choice Awards and won Best Book for Older Readers 2000 in the YABBA Awards for Toad Rage.