My name is Mem Fox and I’m an Australian author, but I have published many of my books in America and in fact, I meet American authors so often at various events and conferences that they think I live here. And in… Once an American said to me about my book Koala Loo and Miss Fox, “Did you research koalas to do this book?”
And I said, “No, I’m an Australian. I know everything there is to know about koalas.” So I’ve been a writer for 25 years. My first book was Possum Magic which has become the iconic children’s book in Australia. It is the best-selling children’s book ever in that country and can you believe it!
And can you believe that this is its 25th year and it sold more this year than it sold last year, and it sold more last year than it sold the year before, and it sold more that year than the year before that. So it’s just — it’s colossal. It’s so huge, Possum Magic, and it’s such a beautiful book.