Born in Perth, Western Australia in 1982, Kristy Berridge was ushered into the world in a decade of bad hair, parachute pants, and blue eye shadow. Fortunately, she managed to avoid all three by immersing herself in the business of growing up, and hitched a ride with her fun-loving, and adventure-filled parents to the sunny state of Queensland. Here she completed most of her education. Besides learning that boys don’t have cooties, and that algebra wouldn’t kill her, she pointedly set the path of her high school career towards success in Art and English-based subjects, and won numerous awards for her efforts. After high school she went onto study Graphic Design and Illustration at James Cook University, furthered her studies at the local TAFE college with an Interior Design course, and then undertook a three-year Design course at Rhodec International in London. Clearly the girl just can’t sit still. Kristy now pens fanciful fiction novels in her spare time finding creative new ways to scare herself and others in the dead of night, promote girl-power with gritty action sequences and, of course, highlight teenage idiosyncrasies with hard-hitting hormonal moments of lust. She currently resides in Cairns, procrastinates constantly, now studies nutrition and tries desperately to avoid the delicious temptation that is the peanut butter aisle at the supermarket.