Robinne Weiss is a writer, educator and entomologist. She writes fiction and non-fiction for children and adults. Her books include The Dragon Slayer's Son, The Dragon Slayer's Daughter, The Ipswich Witch, A Glint of Exoskeleton, Insects in the Classroom and Backyard Bugwatcher. Robinne's short stories have appeared in the anthology Te Korero Ahi Ka, and her poems in the anthology Peace Corps in Panama: Fifty Years, Many Voices. She also contributed two chapters to Putting the Science in Fiction. Robinne writes from her sunny office at Crazy Corner Farm in rural New Zealand.