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Geoffrey McSkimming (born 1 January 1962) is the author of the Cairo Jim chronicles and Jocelyn Osgood jaunts, a children's book series. Since publication of the first Cairo Jim story in 1991, the series has never gone out of print and has been translated and released in many countries throughout the world.

McSkimming was born on 1 January 1962 in Sydney, Australia. To write his books, he has travelled to Egypt, Peru, Tanzania (including Zanzibar), Greece, Mexico, Turkey, Italy and Singapore and other locations. He is much in demand for author talks, and makes many appearances in character as his alter ego "Cairo Jim".

In 2007, Scholastic published Geoffrey McSkimming's book of verse, Ogre in a Toga and Other Perverse Verses. The audio version of this title, narrated by McSkimming, has been shortlisted in the Audie Awards 2008.

In addition to the Cairo Jim series and Ogre in a Toga, Geoffrey McSkimming has contributed to magazines and poetry anthologies and has written four character tours which take place regularly through the galleries at the Art Gallery of NSW in Sydney, Australia. He also narrates the Cairo Jim chronicles on CD and tape for Bolinda Publishing.

In June 2006 Geoffrey McSkimming undertook an author tour of the UK for Walker Books, who have released Cairo Jim on the Trail to ChaCha Muchos, Cairo Jim in Search of Martenarten, Cairo Jim and the Sunken Sarcophagus of Sekheret, Cairo Jim and the Alabastron of Forgotten Gods, Cairo Jim and the Quest for the Quetzal Queen, Cairo Jim and the Secret Sepulchre of the Sphinx, Cairo Jim Amidst the Petticoats of Artemis and Cairo Jim and the Lagoon of Tidal Magnificence. Cairo Jim and the Tyrannical Bauble of Tiberius and Cairo Jim and the Chaos from Crete will be published by Walker in August 2008.

On 14 August 2008 Geoffrey McSkimming's latest work, "The Startling Tale of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark" (with additional dialogue by William Shakespeare), a monologue in verse, was performed by the author at the Abbotsleigh School 'Anglican School for Girls' Literature Festival in Sydney, Australia.

Geoffrey McSkimming is represented by Curtis Brown Literary Agency, Sydney and London.

His Cairo Jim and Jocelyn Osgood books are published in many different languages in:

• Australia
• United Kingdom
• Japan
• Korea
• Portugal
• Germany
• Italy
• Poland
• Russia
• Hungary
• New Zealand

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