Brian Falkner began college intending to study computers, but along the way he decided to shift his focus to something more creative. After gaining a diploma of journalism, he worked as a reporter and advertising copywriter.
Other jobs helped pay the bills and also expand the first-hand experiences that would enrich his fiction, among them stints as a motorcycle courier, radio announcer, graphic designer, and Internet developer.
Brian is now the internationally acclaimed, award-winning author of more than fifteen novels – including the Katipo Joe series and Shooting Stars, also published by Scholastic NZ.
He lives on the Gold Coast of Australia.
