Judith has been an illustrator and writer of children’s books for more nearly 20 years. Before that, she worked as a government scientist and also for a cotton spinning company.  She has written 12 books..

Sean Williams was born in the dry, flat lands of South Australia, where he (usually) still lives with his wife and family and a pet plastic fish. He is the author of fifty books for..

Ian Irvine is an Australian novelist, the author of 34 novels for adults and for children, plus an anthology of shorter Three Worlds stories. He is also a marine scientist who has been working on pollution problems..

Tracey Hawkins is an award-winning author of children’s books and adult non-fiction works. She has lived in the Australian Capital Territory since 1983, where she formerly worked as a Policewoman with the Australian Federal Police..

Lorraine brings her rural background and literacy training to her writing and workshops. She has four collections of poetry published, including A Ute Picnic and Other Australian Poems with Walker Books. Lorraine also writes chapter books and novels..

Bill Condon is a well-known Australian children’s author whose books have been CBCA short-listed four times and won numerous awards, including the inaugural Australian Prime Minister’s Literary Award for Youth Literature. His last CBCA short-listing..

Sandy Fussell is a best-selling author of books and short stories for young people. Polar Boy was shortlisted for Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book of the Year and Jaguar Warrior was a CBCA..

Deborah trained as a teacher before producing and writing children’s TV at Network TEN. She has written over 20 novels including the series Grimsdon and New City.  Her latest novel Teresa: A New Australian, was inspired by her dad,..

Michael Pryor is an Australian writer of speculative fiction. Michael was born in Swan Hill, Victoria and currently lives in Melbourne with his wife and two daughters. His first work to be published was the..

Simon Higgins was born in England, and raised in Nigeria, Africa, then in South Australia. His earliest childhood memories are of red, cracked earth, and huge lizards he used to chase as a toddler. Simon’s..

Keith Taylor is an Australian science fiction and fantasy writer. Born in Tasmania, Taylor now resides in Melbourne, Australia. Getting his start in Ted White’s Fantastic magazine, Taylor went on to collaborate with Andrew J...

Jim Schembri is a Melbourne author who has written a wide range of young adult novels for children. His books include Welcome to Minute 16 and Portal Bandits. Jim is a journalist but much prefers writing fiction, watching TV, collecting Star Wars toys and dreaming up..

Sally Odgers is a Tasmanian author and manuscript assessor. She was born in Tasmania in 1957 and has been there ever since. Apart from writing over 400 books, she enjoys reading (usually by audio book..

Richard Harland is an English fantasy and science fiction writer, living in New South Wales, Australia. He was born in 1947 in Huddersfield, United Kingdom and migrated to Australia in 1970. He has been an..