McConnochie, Mardi: - Mardi McConnochies novels for young readers include the Green Earth Book Award-winning The Flooded Earth, The Castle in the Sea, Dangerous Games, and Melissa, Queen of Evil, which won an Aurealis Award, Australias premiere award for speculative fiction. She is also the author of four adult novels: Coldwater, which was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers Prize First Novel Award (Pacific region), The Snow Queen, Fivestar, and The Voyagers. Mardis TV scriptwriting credits include Home and Away, McLeods Daughters, Always Greener, and Pacific Drive. She lives in Sydney, Australia, with her partner, author James Bradley, and their two daughters.