Louis Nowra was born in Melbourne. He is the author of such plays as "Inner Voices", "Inside the Island", "Summer of the Aliens", "Cosi", "Radiance" and "The Boyce Trilogy". Some of his non-fiction works are "Chihuahuas", "Women and Me", "Bad Dreaming" and the recent "Kings Cross: A biography". His novels include "The Misery of Beauty", "Palu", "Red Nights", "Abaza" and "Ice". As well as his two memoirs "The Twelfth of Never" and "Shooting the Moon", he has written radio plays, telemovies, libretti and screenplays. His previous young adult novel was "Into That Forest".