James Russell is a bestselling children’s writer. He's the author of the Dragon Brothers trilogy: The Dragon Hunters (2012), The Dragon Tamers (2013) and The Dragon Riders (2014), and also the five junior fiction Dragon Defenders books. His new series - Children of the Rush, won Storylines Notable Book awards for book one and two, and book one was a finalist in the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults. He lives in Auckland with his family. Biography and photo courtesy of Read NZ.