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		John Heffernan wanted to be lots of things when it came his time to morph into an adult. He wanted to be an inventor who designed things like a People-Making Machine, Hover-Boots or The Genius Thinking Cap. Instead, John went to university and did several degrees in all sorts of useless things like psychology and philosophy. Then he became a farmer with heaps of sheep and cows, horses and dogs, along with wombats, joeys, guinea pigs and giant jungle mice. And then, one day, he morphed into an author, writing more than 20 books about horses and dogs, rats and pirates, kids in war, genius mice and mad scientists, ghosts and ghouls, as well as some serious books about growing up and families and trying to work out what life is all about. John reckons it’s the best thing he ever did, inventing stories around whatever exciting ideas happen to leap into his head. Better than growing up, that’s for sure. John has two websites: John Heffernan, and his Charlie Carter website, Charlie's Corner.

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