Chloe Hooper's most recent book is the bestselling BEDTIME STORY. She is also the author of THE ARSONIST: A MIND ON FIRE and THE TALL MAN: DEATH AND LIFE ON PALM ISLAND, which won the Victorian, New South Wales, West Australian and Queensland Premiers’ Literary Awards, as well as the John Button Prize for Political Writing, and a Ned Kelly Award for crime writing. She is also the author of two acclaimed novels, A CHILD’S BOOK OF TRUE CRIME and THE ENGAGEMENT. She lives in Melbourne with her partner and her two sons.