The Crocodile who Wanted to be Famous

About the authors

ALAN JEFFERIES is an Australian-born poet and children\’s author who lived in Hong Kong from 1998 to 2007. He has published five books of poems but is probably best known for his children\’s book \”The Crocodile who Wanted to be Famous\” (Sixth Finger Press) which is based on the life of Hong Kong\’s celebrity crocodile Pui Pui. He now lives in Brisbane and is a frequent visitor to Hong Kong.

MARIKO JESSE was born in Japan, spent her childhood in Hong Kong, and was educated in the UK. She studied at Central St. Martins in London, where she was later an Associate Lecturer for several years. She has attended various international artists’ residencies, and regularly exhibits her art around the world. She happily works from wherever she is at the time, and now lives between Tokyo, California and London, depending largely on the weather.