Stacey McCleary Stacey McCleary is, was and always will be a children's author... It has been this way ever since she faked illness during primary school to write stories on her enormous yellow typewriter at home. When Stacey is not writing in her pajamas, she's daydreaming about what she will next write in her pajamas. She lives in Melbourne, Australia with her daughter, a dog, two guinea pigs and a goldfish named Rod Stewart.