"I want to hire a plane and write Black Juice across the sky so that people will read these intense, rich, disturbing stories. - John Marsden Every story in Black Juice is rich, strange, wonderful and compelling. Margo Lanagan is an enormously talented and skilful writer, with a powerful and original imagination. - Garth Nix"

Marie-Louise Gay is an outstanding artist and children's author. She is the recipient of the Governor General's Award (Canada) as well as numerous other prizes. She lives with her family in Montreal, Canada. Marie-Louise Gay has written many books and illustrated even more, most published originally in Canada by Stoddart, including Rabbit Blue, Mademoiselle Moon, Willy Nilly, Fat Charlie's Circus, Angel and the Polar Bear, Rainy Day Magic, Moonbeam on a Cat's Ear. Sam has appeared previously in three Allen & Unwin books about his big sister: Stella, Star of the Sea (1999), Stella, Queen of the Snow (2000), Stella, Fairy of the Forest (2002).