Richard Newsome was born in Wanganui, New Zealand, and lives in Brisbane with his wife and three children. He won the inaugural Text Prize for Young Adult and Children’s Writing for The Billionaire’s Curse, which grew out of stories he made up for his children at bedtime—tales of kids out and about getting up to mischief, tackling puzzles and solving crimes. The Emerald Casket is the second book in The Billionaire Trilogy.
Website: http://www.richardnewsome.com/

