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Bradley Trevor Greive (BTG) was born in Australia's untamed island state of Tasmania in 1970, although he spent most of his childhood living in Scotland, England, Wales, Hong Kong, and Singapore. After returning to Australia, BTG graduated from the Royal Military College and served as a paratroop platoon commander in the Australian army. Since leaving the military to seek creative misadventure, BTG has become one of Australia's most successful authors. His books have been published in more than 25 countries and he has four major international best-sellers to his credit: The Meaning of Life, Looking for Mr. Right, Dear Mom, and The Blue Day Book, which was also awarded the 2000 Australian Book of the Year. In addition to writing his engaging and entertaining books, BTG is an award-winning artist, cartoonist, poet, toy designer, screenwriter, and inventor. When not jumping out of perfectly good aircraft or exploring the world's leading zoos, Bradley Trevor Greive lives in Sydney, Australia, with his rabbit, Biff. Mitsuaki Iwago was born in Tokyo in 1950 and today is among the world's foremost wildlife and nature photographers. For over 30 years he has taken award-winning images in more than 70 countries. His work has appeared in numerous magazines, including National Geographic, Paris Match, and Life. He is the author of over a dozen books, including the worldwide best-sellers Serengeti: Natural Order on the African Plain, Snow Monkeys, Mitsuaki Iwago's Whales, Mitsuaki Iwago's Kangaroos, Mitsuaki Iwago's Penguins, In the Lion's Den, and the extraordinary 603-page photographic anthology Wildlife. In 1980, Mitsuaki Iwago received the prestigious Ihei Kimura Award, one of Japan's highest photographic honors. In recent years, he has also been compiling impressive credits in the realm of television documentaries, and currently he is producing a major program on polar bears with his international production partner, NHK. Mitsuaki Iwago presently lives in the mountains near Tokyo, Japan, but is more likely to be found wandering the remote corners of the earth with cameras in hand.Greive, Bradley Trevor is the author of 'Priceless The Vanishing Beauty of a Fragile Planet' with ISBN 9780740726958 and ISBN 0740726951.
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