Since 1989, Brian Caswell has written twenty-four books including the best-selling A Cage of Butterflies. His work has received many awards and shortlistings, including the Childrenβs Peace Literature Award, the Vision Australia, Young Adult Audio Book of the Year Award, the Aurealis Award for science-fiction and fantasy, the Australian Multicultural Childrenβs Literature Award, the Human Rights Awards, the NSW Premierβs Awards (three times), and he has been included in the prestigious International Youth Libraryβs βWhite Ravensβ list four times. All his published novels have been listed as Notable Books, by the Childrenβs Book Council of Australia. He lives on the NSW Central Coast with his wife Marlene.