Amy Laurens is an Australian author of fantasy fiction for both adults and young adults. Amy lives with her husband Boy, her son SmallBoy, and a yellow Labrador who thinks he is a lapdog. His nickname is Sir Pees-a-lot. Surprisingly, the he's the most jealous of the time Amy spends on the laptop. After a university education involving many twists and turns, through more faculties than ought reasonably to exist, Amy is a high school English teacher. By night, she is a story-writing goddess; at least, that's what she tells herself to get the words done, and since it seems to work, let's not disi...