Nicole Kelly is a teacher and author living in rural Victoria with her family, including an incredibly naughty dachshund. Spare moments are most often spent with a book or pen in her hand. With a life-long fascination with Japan, it's language, people and places, writing Shifters was a true labour of love. Nicole has previously published a historical fiction novel, Lament, with Hawkeye Publishing after shortlisting in the Hawkeye Manuscript Development Prize. Shifters is Nicole's first middle grade novel.

