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About the Author: Hawkes Bay based Aaron Topp is a former teacher and a writer. His first book Single Fin (Random, 06) is a coming-of-age story about a boy obsessed with surfing. Based on a true story, Single Fin won an Honour Award in the Young Adult Fiction Category of the New Zealand Post Book Awards for Children and Young Adults 07. His second book, Creating Waves, is a series of mini-biographies of famous creative New Zealanders who surf. 15 saw the publication of Topp's Young Adult novel Hucking Cody (Mary Egan Publishing). The novel tells the story of Cody, a young mountain biker whose unlucky run with girls, his family, and his job starts him on a journey of self-discovery. Hucking Cody received a Storylines Notable Book Award in 16 and was a finalist for the Young Adult Fiction Award in the 16 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults.