About the Author
Emily Gale has worked in the book industry for twenty-five years, starting in London and now living in Melbourne. Her work includes the junior fiction duology Eliza Boom, middle-grade novels The Other Side of Summer, Elsewhere Girls (co-written with Nova Weetman) and The Goodbye Year, and the Young Adult novels Girl, Aloud, Steal My Sunshine, and I Am Out With Lanterns. Emily’s books have been published all over the world and shortlisted for a number of Australian awards, including the Victorian Premier’s Literary Award, the Ethel Turner Prize, the Aurealis Award, the NSW Premier’s History Award, and the WA Young Readers Award.