Penni Russon

Penni Russon was born in Tasmania in 1974. She studied Children's Literature at Monash University and then Professional Writing and Editing at RMIT. She is now a freelance editor with a special interest in books for children and teenagers. Her first novel Undinewas published in Australia in 2004 and the sequel, Breathe, was highly commended in the 2005 Aurealis Awards. Penni now lives in Melbourne with her husband and two children