This collection features 20 dazzling and diverse tales about thieves by some of the best short story writers in the world today. From an audacious intergalactic heist and a daring tightrope walk across New York, to a pirate ship in the Caribbean and a trip through time to visit Leonardo da Vinci, the rogues and robbers in these tales will tantalise, disturb, move you or make you laugh out loud.

Paulene Turner is an Australian writer of short stories, short plays and novels. A former journalist, she is the author of the 6-book YA time travel series, The Time Travel Chronicles. She lives in Sydney.