Paulene Turner is the author of the 6-book YA series, The Time Travel Chronicles. She also writes short stories, some of which appear in magazines and anthologies in the UK, US and Australia. As well as writing short plays, she also directs them for Short and Sweet, Sydney. A graduate of the Faber Academy, she has also worked as a journalist in Sydney and London.She lives in Sydney with her husband, twin daughters and twin pugs, Holmes & Watson.