Peter McAllister is the author of the award-winning sci-fi novel COSMONAUT, which was developed as a major motion picture by Warner Brothers and Village Roadshow. He also writes quirky little children s books about very silly boys in very silly situations. He has been, by turns, a journalist, a graphic artist, a copywriter, and once even almost got a job as a Chinese-speaking rugby league commentator. Peter is also a qualified archaeologist and palaeoanthropologist, with degrees in archaeology from the Universities of Queensland and New England.