Max: Through My Eyes - Australian Disaster Zones

About the Author

After growing up in Australia, Prue Mason travelled Australia and the world as a flight attendant and sometimes co-pilot on a private aeroplane with her husband, a professional pilot. They lived in Canada for three years, then the Gulf region of the Middle East for twelve years where she worked for children's newspaper Young Times writing feature articles, short stories and a counselling column. As a CELTA trained teacher, Prue also taught English as a foreign language to Arabic speakers. Her award-winning book Camel Rider, as well as Destination Abudai and Zafir: Through My Eyes, were written based on her experiences of living and travelling in the Middle East. Prue returned to Australia in 2001. She and her husband own a vintage plane, and can often be seen at sunset over Cape Bridgewater in south-west Victoria near where they live.

Series editor and series creator Lyn White has extensive experience as a primary school teacher-librarian and EAL teacher and in 2010 completed postgraduate studies in Editing and Communications at the University of Melbourne. Lyn is passionate about children's literature and has great expertise in engaging students and teachers with quality texts. Her work with refugee children motivated her to create the acclaimed Through My Eyes series of books set in contemporary war zones. Lyn went on to create and edit the Through My Eyes - Natural Disaster Zones series set around international and Australian disasters. The novels pay tribute to the courage and resilience of children who are often the most vulnerable in post-disaster situations. Lyn is a conference presenter, runs workshops based on the Through My Eyes texts and has written several articles for teacher-association journals and children's literature magazines.