I began as a tiny spark in the dry grass.
All I wanted was a friend.
I found one in the wind,
who helped me grow, who helped me to fly!
But was the wind really my friend at all?

Adam Wallace is a qualified engineer and primary school teacher who discovered a talent for writing hilarious, horrendous and heartfelt books for children.
He is a three time New York Times Bestselling author, with a talent for writing hilarious, horrendous and heartfelt books for children. He has over forty published titles under his belt, including Jamie Brown is Not Rich, Spark, and the Accidentally Awesome series.


Based in Melbourne, Andrew has presented writing and illustrating workshops in schools and libraries from Alice Springs to Beijing and France.
Andrew also paints murals, and designs and builds theatre sets for schools and amateur theatre groups. But his great love is creating picture books, either as author and illustrator, or teaming up with another author to bring their stories to visual life.
Andrew has just completed his eigth picture book with Ford Street, his fourth as author/illustrator – Stardiving.