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  • Tom Gittus

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    Tom Gittus is a freelance artist currently residing Melbourne. He has an Advanced Diploma of Professional Game Development from The Academy of Interactive Entertainment.

  • Jack Wodhams

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    Jack Wodhams was an English-born science fiction writer who lived in Australia from 1955 until his death. He also wrote as Trudy Rose and Caroline Edwards. Wodhams was born on 3 September 1931 in Dagenham, London and died..

  • Mitch Vane

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    Mitch works in a variety of mediums but her favourite is a good old-fashioned messy dip pen and India ink. She often collaborates with partner and The Age writer Danny Katz & they are best known for..

  • Candida Baker

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    Candida is the author of the critically acclaimed Yacker – Australian Writers Talk About Their Work Series; two novels, Women and Horses and The Hidden; a prize-winning book of short stories, The Powerful Owl; and three children’s books, including Belinda the Ninja Ballerina,..

  • Gabrielle Wang

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    Gabrielle’s stories are a blend of Chinese and Western culture with a touch of fantasy. Her books are about ghost hunters and enchanted gardens, hidden monasteries and fox spirits. They are about belonging and home..

  • Shaun Tan

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    Shaun Tan grew up in the northern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia. In school he became known as the ‘good drawer’ which partly compensated for always being the shortest kid in every class. He graduated..

  • James Roy

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    James Roy is an Australian writer. He writes primarily for young adults and children, and in addition to his native Australia, his books are published in the United States, the United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Germany..

  • Kirsty Murray

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    Kirsty Murray is a multi-award-winning author of books for children and young adults. Her works includes eleven novels as well as nine other books for young people. Her first picture book for young children was released..

  • Sofie Laguna

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    Sofie Laguna originally studied to be a lawyer, but after deciding law was not for her, she moved to Melbourne to train as an actor. Sofie worked for many years as an actor before she..

  • Leigh Hobbs

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    Leigh Hobbs is the Australian Children’s Laureate, 2016-17. He is best known for his children’s books featuring his characters Old Tom, Horrible Harriet and Fiona the Pig and Mr Chicken, as well as the Freaks..

  • Libby Hathorn

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    Elizabeth Helen “Libby” Hathorn is an Australian writer primarily for children, and a poet who works with schools, institutions and communities. She has received many awards for her books, some of which have been translated into several languages. In..

  • Kerry Greenwood

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    Kerry Isabelle Greenwood is an Australian author and lawyer. She has written many plays and books, most notably a string of historical detective novels centred on the character of Phryne Fisher. She writes mysteries, science-fiction, historical fiction,..

  • Scot Gardner

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    Scot Gardner is an Australian writer known for his young adult novels. He has worked as a counsellor and youth worker before becoming a full-time novelist.

  • Gary Crew

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    Dr Gary Crew is one of Australia’s most awarded authors for youth, winning the Australian Children’s Book of the Year four times; twice for his novels, twice for his illustrated books. Gary has previously published Finding..