PAUL STAFFORD
Paul Stafford is a literacy consultant (specialising in Stage 3-4 reluctant boy readers & writers) in schools across Australia. His latest series of books of comedy-horror, Horror High, are published by Random House Australia, and he's the author of the teenage fiction novel Ned Kelly's Helmet and eight books of short stories under the Pants on Fire imprint. (see www.pantsonfire.com.au)

Paul grew up in Kurrajong Heights and now lives outside Bathurst, NSW. He studied print journalism at Mitchell CAE, graduating in 1989, but renounced the make-believe world of journalism for the hard and gritty reality of teenage fiction. Although a career in writing has meant abandoning his childhood dreams of wealth and respectability, he now gets to sleep late,dress scruffy, and gnaw on the skulls of his enemies. It's a trade-off he's learnt to live with.

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