She would go on to write more than 40 books, including Hating Alison Ashley (adapted into a feature film starring Delta Goodrem in 2005), Halfway Across the Galaxy and Turn Left (adapted into a television series for the Seven Network in 1992), and Came Back to Show You I Could Fly (adapted into a film directed by Richard Lowenstein in 1993). Leaving school at age 15, Klein worked several jobs before becoming established as a writer, having her first story published at age 16. Robin Klein was born 28 February 1936 in Kempsey, New South Wales into a family of nine children. Klein’s books are hugely celebrated, having won the CBCA Children’s Book of the Year Award in both the Younger Readers and the Older Rea Winner of the Dromkeen Medal (1991).
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