Louis Nowra was born in Melbourne. He is the author of such plays as Inner Voices , Inside the Island , Summer of the Aliens , Cosi , Radiance and The Boyce Trilogy . Some of his non-fiction works are Chihuahuas , Women and Me , Bad Dreaming and the recent Kings Cross: A biography . His novels include The Misery of Beauty , Palu , Red Nights , Abaza and Ice . As well as his two memoirs The Twelfth of Never and Shooting the Moon , he has written radio plays, telemovies, libretti and screenplays. His previous young adult novel was Into That Forest .Louis Nowra lives in Kings Cross with his wife Mandy Sayer, a writer; Coco, their chihuahua who has appeared in magazines, newspapers and on television; and Basil, their miniature pinscher who avoids the limelight.