Daisy Meadows, the name on the cover of Megan the Monday Fairy, Tallulah the Tuesday Fairy and the five other days-of-the-week fairytales in the top 10 children's books list, is not "a very kind person with blonde hair and a little cottage in England", as six-year-old Allegra Lonard, from Bondi Junction, believes. There's no point searching the bottom of the garden, either. Hachette Children's Books, which publishes Daisy Meadows's Rainbow Magic series under its Orchard Books imprint, says she is a pseudonym for a group of "talented UK-based children's authors, and unfortunately they are not available for interview". In fact, Chris Raine, the sales and marketing director of Hachette Children's Books, confirmed the names of the four authors and said the publishers had never hidden the fact that Daisy Meadows is an alias. "We don't publicise the fact that the author is a pseudonym - we haven't felt it necessary to. I'd hate to think you are spoiling something for hundreds of thousands of little girls," Mr Raine said. Since 2003, Daisy Meadows has produced 42 slim, sparkly fantasies, amounting to sales of more than 1.5 million in Australia and more than 6 million in Britain.

Winner of the Edgar Award, Shamus Award and Anthony Award - the first author to win all three – international bestselling author Harlan Coben’s critically-acclaimed novels have been called “ingenious” (New York Times), “poignant and insightful” (Los Angeles Times), “consistently entertaining” (Houston Chronicle), “superb” (Chicago Tribune) and “must reading” (Philadelphia Inquirer). His most recent novels, THE INNOCENT, JUST ONE LOOK, NO SECOND CHANCE, TELL NO ONE and GONE FOR GOOD have appeared on the top of all the major bestseller lists including the New York Times, London Times, Le Monde, Publishers Weekly, Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal and USA TODAY -- and many others throughout the world. His books are published in thirty-three languages around the globe and have been number one bestsellers in more than half a dozen countries. In his first books, Coben immersed himself in the exploits of sports agent Myron Bolitar. Critics loved the series, saying, “You race to turn pages…both suspenseful and often surprisingly funny” (People). After seven books Coben wanted to try something different. “I came up with a great idea that simply would not work for Myron,” says Coben. The result was the critically acclaimed New York Times bestseller TELL NO ONE, which became the most decorated thriller of 2001 – nominated for an Edgar, an Anthony, a Macavity, a Nero, and a Barry; winner of the Audie Award for Best Audio Mystery/Suspense Book (read by Steven Weber); and a #1 hardcover book on the Book Sense 76 list. Coben followed the success of TELL NO ONE with the blockbuster New York Times bestsellers GONE FOR GOOD (2002), NO SECOND CHANCE (2003), and JUST ONE LOOK (2004) and THE INNOCENT (2005). Bookspan, recognizing Coben’s broad international appeal, named NO SECOND CHANCE its first ever International Book of the Month in 2003 – the Main Selection in 15 different countries. Since his critically-acclaimed Myron Bolitar series debuted in 1995, Harlan Coben has won the Mystery Writers of America’s Edgar Allan Poe Award and was nominated for the Edgar two other times. Harlan also won the Anthony Award at the World Mystery Conference, was nominated for another Anthony Award, won the Shamus Award by the Private Eye Writers of America, was nominated for another Shamus, and was twice nominated for the Dilys Award by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association.