Cameron Macintosh was born in Melbourne and has lived there ever since, apart from overseas backpacking jaunts whenever he's been able to fund them. He studied Psychology and Italian at Melbourne University, and Professional Writing at RMIT. Since then, he has written more than 80 books for primary and early secondary students. He has also honed hundreds of books for teachers and students in his other life as an editor for high quality educational publishers. In the few minutes per week that he isn't wrestling with words on the laptop, he loves singing and playing the guitar, and reading music biographies.