Stephen Barnett previously worked as a publisher for both Penguin New Zealand and Random House New Zealand. He now lives in Frankfurt and works as a packager and author with more than 20 books published - mostly general non-fiction, with some children's non-fiction also. These books include: The Rubber-Band Helicopter and 21 Other Things to Make, The New Zealand Book of Lists, Calm, Classic Kiwiana, At the Beach, Those Were the Days.