James Norcliffe is a New Zealand poet, editor, and writer of mainly fantasy novels for younger readers. He has written ten collections of poetry and thirteen novels for young people, most recently two hilarious stories for younger readers, Mallory, Mallory: The Revenge of the Tooth Fairy and Mallory, Mallory: Trick or Treat about the awful Mallory and her hapless sidekick Arthur. James Norcliffe and his wife Joan live at Church Bay in Lyttelton Harbour near Christchurch.