Born in New Zealand, Justin D'Athpublished his first novel for adults in 1989. This was followed bynumerous award-winning short stories, also for adults. Justin hasworked in a sugar mill, on a cattle station, in a mine, on an island,in a laboratory, built cars, picked fruit, driven forklifts and taughtwriting for twelve years. He wrote his first children's book in 1996and to date he has published 26 books. The Extreme Adventures books are his first series to be published by A&C Black.