01/11/2026
IT'S HERE! Its always a big moment for authors - the actual book arrives. It's real. It's beautiful. All that work that so many people have poured into it. Now the child you have birthed goes out into the world.. It's still a month away from arriving in shops but you can pre-order and that really helps a lot.
I hope it helps millions of teenagers. The age we focussed on was 12-16, when anxiety conditions first peak in youngsters. To try and get in before it becomes lifelong.
I had huge help from Jess Cox at Quickfox Editing, the confidence and support of Kristy-Lee Lorraway, and endless patience of Rosemary MacDonald at Simon and Schuster. Chen Qianying and Iris Zhang in Beijing, for the Chinese edition from which it all began. Kim McCabe in Sussex England, Suzie Brown in Narara NSW, Louise Gibbon and her students for a year of field testing in Cleveland DHS in Brisbane, Robyn McKinnon, Lucky Zhao in Sydney, Elizabeth Clark in the Colorado Schools system, and many many other wonderful helpers. Hope it makes you proud!