Morris Gleitzman was born in England, but has lived in Australia since 1969. He has worked as everything from a frozen-chicken thawer and department-store Santa to a newspaper columnist and freelance screenwriter. Then in 1985 he wrote his first novel for young people. Now he's one of Australia's favourite children's authors, with a large following in Britain and many other countries. Blabber Mouth & Sticky Beak combines two of Morris's most well loved books into one bumper edition.