Debra Tidball is a social worker who morphed into an author. Her latest picture book, The Scared Book, is a CBCA Notable and heaps of interactive fun, and the gentler When I See Grandma was short-listed for the Speech Pathology Book of the Year. She has flash fiction and short stories published, and she blogs, […]

Allison Tait (AL Tait) is the bestselling internationally published author of two epic middle-grade adventure series—The Mapmaker Chronicles and The Ateban Cipher—and a new mystery series for readers 12+ featuring Maven & Reeve. There is nothing she loves more than creating mayhem. Website Twitter Instagram

RA Spratt wrote Friday Barnes, Girl Detective and The Adventures of Nanny Piggins. Her new series is The Peski Kids—the story of siblings who have to stop fighting with each other for just long enough to fight crime. RA lives in Bowral with her husband and two daughters. She has three chickens, two goldfish and […]

Kate Simpson is a children’s author and co-host of popular children’s book podcast, One More Page. Kate’s debut picture book, Finding Granny, will be released on 1 July with EK Books.

Joanne Simpson has worked in and around books for the best part of her working life, from bookselling to children’s publishing, culminating in her current role as a grants officer (with a special interest in literature) at the Australia Council for the Arts.

Laura Sieveking has been an editor for many years and in recent times has turned to writing books of her own. She has had many educational titles published and in 2017 her series, The Royal Academy of Sport for Girls, was published by Penguin Random House. Her new series, Amelia Chamelia, will be published in […]

Kirli Saunders is a proud Gunai woman. She is a children’s author, poet, educator and motorcycle enthusiast. Kirli founded the Poetry in First Languages project. Her first children’s picture book, The Incredible Freedom Machines, has been published in French and English. Her forthcoming titles include Our Dreaming (Scholastic), Happy Ever After (Scholastic), and poetry collection, Kindred (May, 2019, Magabala).

Paul Russell has always been passionate about stories, even before he could read. Determined never to grow up and lose his imagination, he is a teacher, playwright, father, artist and author—but maybe not always in that order. He is passionate about children’s literacy and building an appetite within children for the written word.

Katrina Roe is a picture book author and broadcaster who loves talking about books almost as much as she enjoys reading them. Her newest book is a philosophical picture book, Lily’s Balloon (Wombat Books), which teaches kids that it’s not all about them!