Ondine Sherman is the co-founder and managing director of Voiceless, The Animal Protection Institute based in New South Wales, Australia. Ondine has published many books including YA fiction, the Animal Allies Series. She holds a BA in Communications from the University of Technology Sydney, and an MA in Environmental Studies from Macquarie University. Ondine is an ambassador for Action for Dolphins and director of conservation NGO This is My Earth, and writes regularly about animal protection in the media.