Ivan Southall was the first Australian author to receive the Carnergie Medal, and was awarded the Australian Children's Book Council Book of the Year on three occasions. An icon of Australian children's literature, he wrote over sixty books in his …
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Leigh Hobbs is an artist and author best known for his children’s book characters Old Tom, Horrible Harriet, Mr Chicken and Mr Badger. As well as being an author and illustrator Leigh works as an artist in a wide range of mediums. He has designed …
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Katrina Germein is a bestselling picture book author. Published worldwide, Katrina’s book, Big Rain Coming (illustrated by Bronwyn Bancroft), has remained continuously in print since it was first published in 1999. Her popular title, My Dad Thinks …
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Jenny Wagner lives with her husband, their dog and three lazy cats in a small Queensland farmhouse that looks like a witch's cottage. The garden is full of possums, lizards, goannas, frogs, scrub turkeys and other birds. Sometimes a couple of …
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Sonya Hartnett was born on 23 March 1968 in Box Hill, Victoria. She is an Australian author of fiction for adults, young adults, and children who has published many novels to international acclaim. In 2008 Sonya was the recipient of the …
View Books by Sonya HartnettDaisy Utemorrah was an elder of the Wunambal people from the Mitchell Plateau area in the far north Kimberley. She was born in 1922 at Kunmunya Mission and her family background gave her fluency in three Aboriginal languages. Daisy has been …
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Bob Graham is a Kate Greenaway-winning author-illustrator who has written and illustrated many acclaimed children’s picture books including How to Heal a Broken Wing, How the Sun Got to Coco’s House, Max, Jethro Byrde: Fairy Child and April …
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Narelle Oliver was born in 1960 and grew up in Toowoomba, Queensland. Her father was a keen amateur photographer and her mother a watercolourist and art teacher. As a child Narelle was constantly exposed to the delights of artistic creativity, and …
View Books by Narelle OliverEthel Charlotte Pedley (1859–1898) was born in London and died in Darlinghurst, Sydney. The family migrated to Australia in about 1873. Although an accomplished and active musician, she is known for writing her only book, the Australian classic Dot…
View Books by Ethel Charlotte PedleyFrank Mahony (1862–1916) was the original illustrator for Dot and the Kangaroo, commissioned by Ethel Pedley before her death. He was born in Melbourne and died in London. After studying at the New South Wales Academy of Art, Mahony became one of …
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