Cristy Burne is an award-winning children' s author working on the intersection of story, science, technology and creativity. She loves snorkelling on the Omeo with her two boys, visiting her 98-year-old Nan (who is related to the Mews family of boat builders), and once, on a day she was absent from school, Cristy scored zero in a HASS test that someone else wrote her name on. Cristy Burne is an award-winning children' s author working on the intersection of story, science, technology and creativity. She loves snorkelling on the Omeo with her two boys, visiting her 98-year-old Nan (who is related to the Mews family of boat builders), and once, on a day she was absent from school, Cristy scored zero in a HASS test that someone else wrote her name on.