John Marsden
John Marsden was born in Victoria, Australia in 1950. He went to many different primary schools, and from an early age enjoyed the journeys into magical worlds that reading could provide. His teachers in Grade 4 and Grade 6 encouraged
Nick Earls
Nick Earls writes long, short and medium-sized fiction, so far including thirteen novels and numerous shorter works. With the publication of the Word Hunters trilogy in 2012/13, he is now officially also a writer for children. Reputable reviewers have compared
Kimberley Freeman
Kimberley was born in London and her family moved back to Australia when she was three years old. She grew up in Queensland where she currently lives. Kimberley has written for as long as she can remember and she is
Frances Whiting
Frances Whiting is one of Australia’s best-known and popular writers. A senior feature writer for Queensland’s premier weekend magazine Q Weekend in the Courier Mail, Frances is also a much-loved columnist for the Sunday Mail and other Sunday newspapers around
Matthew Condon
Matthew Condon is a prize-winning Australian novelist and journalist. Educated at the University of Queensland and the Goethe Institute, Germany, he is the author of ten novels and short story collections including The Lulu Magnet, A Night at the Pink Poodle,
David Metzenthen
David Metzenthen is an Australian writer for children and young adults who was born in Melbourne, Victoria in 1958. As a child, David was a nature boy; he loved fishing and farm work, exploring the bush, and being outdoors under the stars.
Lesley & Tammy Williams
Lesley Williams is forced to leave Cherbourg Aboriginal Settlement and her family at a young age to work as a domestic servant. Apart from a bit of pocket money, Lesley never sees her wages – they are kept ‘safe’ for
Morris Gleitzman
Morris Gleitzman is an author of children’s and young adult fiction. He has gained recognition for sparking an interest in AIDS in his controversial novel Two Weeks with the Queen (1990). Born in 1953 in Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England, Morris Gleitzman claims to have read every book he could
Susan Johnson
Born in Brisbane but moving to Sydney at the age of three months, Susan Johnson spent her childhood around Sydney’s North Shore (St.Ives) and moved to Queensland with her family, to a pineapple farm, where she finished her last years of high school. Johnson attended
Graeme Simsion
Graeme Simsion is a writer of screenplays, short stories, novels and a couple of short plays as well as an occasional producer of films. Formerly an IT specialist (data modeling) and founder of a business and IT consultancy Simsion also helped
Anne Buist
Professor Anne Buist is the Chair of Women’s Mental Health at the University of Melbourne and has over 25 years clinical and research experience in perinatal psychiatry. She works with Protective Services and the legal system in cases of abuse, kidnapping,
Josephine Moon
Josephine took the long route to fulfilling her dream of being a writer, writing ten manuscripts in twelve years and stopping off in more jobs than she can count. Her longest careers have been as a teacher (three years) and an
Katherine Howell
Katherine Howell was born and raised in Sydney. After leaving school she worked in various jobs, including as an animal handler and bookshop sales assistant, and went to university for a year to study science. Keen for something different she
Ian McIntosh
Growing up in Normanton in Queensland’s Gulf of Carpentaria, Ian McIntosh is a former a Rodeo Clown and Rodeo Cowboy. Despite always having a love for writing Ian really only launched his career as an author in 2014 with a successful
