About the Author

Shirley Marr is a Chinese-Australian author of Little Jiang, a spirited Middle Grade novel featuring a pint-sized Chinese vampire, published by Fremantle Press and A Glasshouse of Stars, a contemporary migration novel based on her childhood story, published internationally by Penguin Random House (AUS), Simon & Shuster (US) and Usborne Books (UK). Her back catalog consist of young adult titles Fury (a dark and funny murder story narrated by a petulant sixteen-year-old mean girl) and Preloved (a lower-teen paranormal love story for girls who don’t like paranormal love stories), both published by Black Dog Books, an imprint of Walker Books Australia.