Nicki Greenberg is a writer and illustrator with a special interest in sequential art. Her first picture books, The Digits series, were published when she was fifteen years old. Since then she has dedicated most of her ink to comics, but has also written and illustrated fiction and non-fiction books for children. She is the creator of the graphic novel adaptations of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby and Shakespeare's Hamlet, which was joint winner of the 2011 CBCA Picture Book of the Year Award and the delightful picture book for younger readers Monkey Red Monkey Blue. Nicki lives in Melbourne, Australia with her lovely family and two orange-coloured animals.