James "Jim" Moloney (born 1954) is an Australian children's author who has written 45 books including The Book of Lies, The Gracey Trilogy, and A Bridge to Wiseman's Cove, which won the Australian Children's Book Council Book of the Year Award in 1997. While his books span an age range from seven- to seventeen-year-olds, he is best known for his young adult novels.He has stated that his book Black Taxi was based on a conversation he overheard between his daughter and some of her friends when s...Read more »