Matthew Siege may live in Australia now, but along the way he attended Clarion, undertook an epic journey across all 50 states, fell in love and got married. He lives near Melbourne with his upside down family, wincing when he hears the letter ‘Z’ pronounced ‘Zed’ and trying to get used to summertime Christmases. He is at his happiest when he’s writing about fantastic places that almost exist, filling new worlds with characters that are as real to him as the rest of us are.