Jane Blythe lives in Melbourne Australia where she works as a teacher. Author of the Detective Parker Bell series, and the Victoria Ivory Pearl series of picture books for preschoolers. When she’s not writing she enjoys playing with her two Dalmatians, Ivory and Pearl, spending time with her family and friends, swimming at the beach, working towards her black belt in Taekwondo, and baking delicious cookies, cupcakes and fudge!