Biffy James is a high school English teacher with a not-so-secret addiction to retro YA series Sweet Valley High. Her debut novel, Completely Normal (and other lies) won the 2023 Griffith University Young Adult Book Award at the Queensland Literary Awards, and the 2023 CBCA Shadow Judging Award in the Older Readers’ category. It’s a CBCA Honour Book that’s been shortlisted for multiple other awards.