Matt Elliott has written more than a dozen books for readers of all ages. His best-selling collaboration with illustrator Chris Slane - 'Nice Day for a War: adventures of a Kiwi so...view moreMatt Elliott has written more than a dozen books for readers of all ages. His best-selling collaboration with illustrator Chris Slane - 'Nice Day for a War: adventures of a Kiwi soldier in WWI' – was the 2012 NZ Post Children’s Book Awards Book of the Year, winner of the LIANZA Elsie Locke Medal and a Storylines Notable Book. Two educational stories - Grandad’s Hat and When Grandma Came to Stay - were written for the charity Alzheimer’s Research UK and produced as audiobooks read by BBC radio personality Edith Bowman. He lives on Auckland’s North Shore with his wife and young son.view less