Craig Smith. His latest book is a book of funny poems called "My Sister Has a Big Black Beard". Marriage and children Ball's wife Jill is a musician and a librarian. Duncan has two adult sons, Eliot and Ian, by his first wife, Vivian, and three grandsons. Published works The Great Australian Snake Exchange (Hutchinson, 1978) My Dog's a Scaredy-cat illustrated by Craig Smith (Walter McVitty Books, 1987) Jeremy's Tail illustrated by Donna Rawlins (Ashton Scholastic, 1990) The Spy Code Handbook with Ian Ball (Angus & Robertson, 1990) Piggott Place (Angus & Robertson, 1992) Grandfather's Wheelything (Simon & Schuster USA Books for Young Readers, 1994) Ty Daring and the Billion Dollar Nose (Scholastic, 1995) Quentin's Lunch (ABC Books, 1999) Piggotts in Peril (HarperCollins, 2002) My Sister has a Big Black Beard (HarperCollins Australia, 2009) The School is Driving Me Nuts and Other Funny Plays for Kids (Christmas Press, 2016) The Ghost and... books: The Ghost and the Goggle Box (Angus & Robertson, 1984) The Ghost and the Shutterbug (Angus & Robertson, 1989) The Ghost and the Gory Story (Angus & Robertson, 1990) The Case of... books: The Case of the Graveyard Ghost (Angus & Robertson, 1994) The Case of the Walkabout Clock (Angus & Robertson, 1994) The Case of the Midnight Zappers (Angus & Robertson, 1994) The Case of the Getaway Gold (Angus & Robertson, 1994) The Case of the Vampire's Wire (Angus & Robertson, 1994) The Case of the Runaway Bullet (Angus & Robertson, 1995) Selby series Illustrated by Allan Stomann Selby's Secret (Angus & Robertson, 1985) Selby Speaks (Angus & Robertson, 1988) Selby Screams (Angus & Robertson, 1989) Selby Supersnoop (Angus & Robertson, 1995) Selby Spacedog (Angus & Robertson, 1996) Selby Snowbound (Angus & Robertson, 1998) Selby Surfs (Angus & Robertson, 1999) Selby's Joke Book (Angus & Roberson, 2000) Selby Snaps! (Angus & Robertson, 2000) Selby Splits (Angus & Robertson, 2001) Selby's Stardom (HarperCollins, 2002) Selby's Side-Splitting Joke Book (HarperCollins, 2002) Selby Sorcerer (HarperCollins, 2003) Selby Scrambled (Angus & Robertson, 2004) Selby's Shemozzle (HarperCollins, 2005) Selby Shattered (HarperCollins Australia, 2006) Selby Santa (HarperCollins, 2007) The Joke's on Selby (HarperCollins Australia, 2008) Selby Sprung (Angus & Robertson, 2010) Collected volumes: Selby's World (HarperCollins, 1995) Selby's Selection (HarperCollins, 2001) A Stack of Selby (HarperCollins, 2003) Selby the Wonder Dog (HarperCollins, 2004) Emily Eyefinger Illustrated by Craig Smith Emily Eyefinger (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 1992) Emily Eyefinger, Secret