John LastJohn Last was born in Australia in 1926. He has lived for 40 years in Australia, 10 years in the UK, 2 years in USA, and 40 years Canada. He graduated in medicine from the University of Adelaide in 1949. After 12 years in clinical medical practice he specialized in epidemiology and public health sciences. He is the author or editor of several well-known reference textbooks and technical dictionaries of epidemiology and public health, and several hundred original articles, editorials, reviews, etc.

In 1962 on a long sea voyage from England to Australia he made up a story to tell two toddler age children. He wrote this story down for the first time in 2012; as he was writing, the characters came to life in his head and took over, changing it from a story for toddlers to one more suitable for older children. Read More Read Less