Sarah Brennan was born in Tasmania, Australia, where she grew up in bushland with a menagerie of exotic animals and birds, and even a platypus! After working as a lawyer in Brisbane and London, she moved with her husband and two daughters to Hong Kong, where she became the much-loved children's author of the Chinese Calendar Tales, the Dirty Story series and the multi-award listed Storm Whale. After 22 years living in Southeast Asia, Sarah now lives in the south of France, touring in schools throughout the world with her bestselling books and writing workshops for primary school children.