Andrew Pippos is a Sydney writer who lectures in creative writing at the University of Technology Sydney. His writing has appeared in Meanjin, The Sydney Review of Books, Catapult and Electric Literature. His novel, Lucky’s, won The Readings Prize for Australian Fiction, and was shortlisted for the 2021 Miles Franklin award, and the Prime Minister’s […]

Gretchen Shirm is the author of a collection of short stories Having Cried Wolf, for which she named a 2011 Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Australian Novelist. Her first novel Where the Light Falls, was shortlisted for the 2017 Christina Stead Prize for Fiction in the NSW Premier’s Literary Awards. Her short stories have been […]

Shannon Curtis is a bestselling, award-winning Australian author who has worked as an administrator, dangerous goods handler, and a betting agent before writing novels. Shannon has written over fifteen novels in contemporary, romantic suspense and paranormal romance fiction. Her latest novel, Easy Target, won the Romance Writers of Australia’s Romantic Book of the Year.

Liz Bowring is the past president of the CBCA NSW branch. As a teacher librarian in both primary and secondary schools, she was immersed in books for young people. Liz was particularly interested in the role of awards in promoting quality Australian books. She assisted in the establishment the KOALA Awards. As an author and […]

Kirli Saunders is a proud Gunai Woman and award-winning writer, artist and consultant. An experienced speaker and facilitator, Kirli was the NSW Aboriginal Woman of the Year (2020). Her celebrated books include The Incredible Freedom Machines (2018, Scholastic), Kindred (2019, Magabala), Bindi (2020, Magabala) and Our Dreaming (Scholastic 2022). Kirli is currently developing her solo […]

Zoe Bechara is on the brands and partnerships team at Penguin, creating and acquiring books for young readers with a focus on trends. With years of publicity experience under her belt, Zoe has a coalface knowledge of just what makes a good story. Zoe’s childhood favourite book is Hating Alison Ashley and she loves big […]

Tristan Bancks tells stories for the page and screen. His books for kids and teens include Two Wolves, The Fall, Detention, Tom Weekly and Ginger Meggs. His new release for July 2022 is Cop & Robber, a nail-biting crime story for age 10+. Discover more, watch videos, join his Young Writer’s StorySchool and help him […]

Originally from Ballarat, Tobias Madden worked for ten years as a performer, touring Australia in musicals like Mary Poppins and Cats. His debut young adult fiction novel, Anything But Fine, is out now in Australia and the US, and his next book, Take a Bow, Noah Mitchell, is coming out in September this year. Tobias […]

Sue Whiting is a children’s author and editor, who worked in-house as an editor for Walker Books for many years. She is also the author of numerous books, including the award-winning The Book of Chance and several CBCA Notable Books. Sue’s latest books are Pearly and Pig and The Great Hairy Beast and The Echidna […]