Gary Crew is well known for his rich, multi-layered and intensely suspenseful bestselling novels for young adults, as well as his many picture books for younger readers. A multi-award winning author, Gary was a high school English teacher for eighteen years before turning to university lecturing and full-time writing. He lives in Queensland and his books include The Inner Circle, The House of Tomorrow, Strange Objects, The Watertower, In My Father s Room and Old Ridley.