Hailing from the mountains in north-east Victoria, Shannon Boland is a river-swimming, bike-riding, bush-walking illustrator and animator. She loves the hands-on element of illustration, working with both traditional mediums and collage. With depth, character and..

Jarrod Paine is an author, teacher and licensed snake catcher from north-east Victoria. For him, writing is a passion allowing his energy and enthusiasm for education to bubble onto the page, transporting readers of all..

Katrina Fisher is based on the beautiful Bellarine Peninsula in Victoria. In her home studio, she enjoys working in traditional mediums and aims to convey a sense of emotion, playfulness, and tenderness in her illustrations...

Janice Bowles is a Sydney-based illustrator and graphic designer whose life has revolved around creating books and images for over 20 years. Besides picture books, she has illustrated magazines, graded readers and educational series for..

John Larkin is a multi-award-winning author. His 2012 novel The Shadow Girl won the Victorian Premier’s Literary Award, and The Pause won the 2015 Queensland Literary Award and was short-listed for the CBCA Book of..

Educated at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Jules Ober has brought her musical sensitivity into the visual world as an image-maker working between Australia & Europe across platforms as diverse as fine art printmaking, photography,..

French/Australian Pierre-Jacques Ober comes from a 30-year international career as an independent producer and director in film and television. Pierre-Jacques and Jules Ober have turned their creative energy to books, using a unique method of..

Andrew McLean studied at Prahran Technical College and the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. He taught art to high school students before becoming a teacher of painting and drawing at Chisholm Institute in Caulfield, Victoria...

Ellie Royce is an internationally published author of books for kids: ‘The most important people in the world.’ Ellie believes in the power of books and stories to change lives for the better and reads..

Kylie is an inaugural recipient of a mentorship through Raising Literacy Australia’s Emerging Author and Illustrator Mentoring Project and is an advocate for childhood literacy. She has been awarded first prize in the CYA Conference..