Lee Fox

Lee Fox is an award-winning, bestselling Australian author of several books for children and young adults, including Ella Kazoo Will Not Brush Her Hair (Lothian 2006), Other People's Country (Lothian 2008), Ella Kazoo Will Not Go to Sleep (Hachette Australia 2011), Jasper McFlea Will Not Eat His Tea (Hachette Australia 2009), Ginger McFlea Will Not Clean Her Teeth (Lothian 2010),10 Little Hermit Crabs (Allen & Unwin 2009), When You Live in a Tree (Independent 2024) and Love Me: A Memoir of Online Dating, Mental Illness and Redemption (Independent 2024). Lee grew up in the Melbourne suburb of Footscray. She has been a production assistant for a commercial radio station, a Mormon, a cook in a childcare center, a store manager on a remote Aboriginal community, and a practice manager for a mental health service, not necessarily in that order.