A Croc Called Capone (17 page)

‘Oh my God,' wailed Dylan, sitting bolt upright on his bed. ‘That is so foul.'

We kicked open the door and staggered into the clean air of the Northern Territory.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

BARRY JONSBERG
was born in Liverpool, England, and now lives in Darwin, Australia with his wife, children and two dogs – Jai and Zac, neither of whom, thankfully, share Blacky's flatulence problems.

A Croc Called Capone
is Barry's second book for younger readers and is a follow-up to
The Dog That Dumped on My
Doona
. He has also written several novels for young adults, all of which have been published to great acclaim.
The
Whole Business with Kiffo and the Pitbull
was shortlisted for the
CBC
Book of the Year (Older Readers) in
2005
. His second book,
It's Not All About Y
OU
,
Calma!
won the Adelaide Festival Award for Children's Literature and was shortlisted for the
CBC
Book of the Year (Older Readers) in
2006
.
Dreamrider
was shortlisted for the
2007 NSW
Premier's Award (Ethel Turner Award). Another novel for older readers,
Ironbark
, was published in June
2008
, followed by
Cassie
in November
2008
.

Barry once nearly tripped over a five-metre crocodile sunning itself on a riverbank outside Darwin. He didn't hang around to chat. Instead, he ran the twenty kilometres home as his pants needed changing.