Peter Corris was born and educated in Victoria and now lives in Sydney. He has published more than forty novels, including the popular, long-running series about Sydney private detective Cliff Hardy. Peter has also written radio and television scripts, and biographies of Fred Hollows, the environmentalist John Sinclair, and actor Ray Barrett. The thirty-fifth Hardy adventure, Torn Apart, appeared in 2009.
John Dale is the author of six books including the best-selling Huckstepp, and Dark Angel which won a Ned Kelly Award. His other books are The Dogs are Barking, a novel about police corruption in Sydney, and Wild Life. He has edited three collections of short fiction including Out West and Car Lovers, and is currently Head of Creative Practices at UTS where he teaches fiction and non-fiction. His latest novel is Leaving Suzie Pye.