James O’Loghlin

James O’Loghlin

James O'Loghlin is the author of 6 books, including 2 novels for children. The Adventures of Sir Roderick the not-very-Brave won the 2014 Speech Pathology Australia award for best book for 8 to 10 year olds, and Daisy Malone and the Blue Glowing Stone was published in 2015.

James has also been a criminal lawyer, a stand-up comedian, an ABC radio broadcaster and hosted over 300 episodes of The New Inventors on ABC-TV. He lives in Sydney and is married with 3 daughters, who provide him with invaluable feedback on the early drafts of his stories for children. He thinks that the key to writing a book is to start, and then to keep not stopping until it's finished.

James also speaks and writes about innovation, and works with companies to help them become more innovative.