Penelope Kingston is the ONLY person who has managed to avoid the dreaded crush plague sweeping Chelsea Primary. Almost all of her friends have crushes - and even her brother Harry has been infected! Penelope is excellent at figuring most things out, but crushes are a Great Mystery to her. Luckily, she has come up with a quiz to diagnose crushes early, before they have a chance to make people Very Silly. But what happens when the quiz shows that one of Penelope's favourite people clearly has a crush on her?
Chrissie was born in 1964, in Melbourne. She grew up, mainly in Doncaster and is one of five daughters. She is number four.
Chrissie is the author of over thirty books for Children and Young Adults, including thirteen books in the popular Go Girl series (under Chrissie Perry) and the award winning Whisper.
She lives in inner city Melbourne with her husband, three children who are stubbornly refusing to stay young and an opinionated Maltese Shitzu called Gidget.