Kylie Howarth is an award-winning, internationally published children’s book author and illustrator from Western Australia. She not only draws inspiration from her underwater travels but also her own two fish-kids who are ocean explorers too.
Louise Allan is the author of the bestselling novel, 'The Sisters' Song', which won the Tina Kane Emergent Writer Award in 2018. She was shortlisted for the 2014 City of Fremantle—TAG Hungerford Award, awarded a Varuna Residential Fellowship (2014) and was the Scholarship Writer in Residence at Katharine Susannah Prichard Writers' Centre (2019). Louise lives…
Frané Lessac is a dual citizen of Australia and the United States with over 40 award-winning children's picture books. She grew up in a small town outside of New York City and had many pets including; a monkey, snakes and a camel. Since she was little, it was a dream to become an artist. Frané’s…
Sally Murphy loves to write and talk. A lot. So, when she's not writing, she's talking about writing. Her award winning books for children (and adults in touch with their inner child) include Pearl Verses the World and Toppling, and she has written picture books, verse novels, historical fiction and more. An enthusiastic presenter, Sally…
Jen Banyard is a writer for big and little people. She’s best known for her upbeat middle readers’ adventure stories, notably the ‘Riddle Gully’ series, but has written and reviewed for Westerly and other adult journals. With a PhD in creative writing, Jen has taught at university and is an engaging, ukulele-toting advocate–facilitator of writing,…
Multi-award-winning writer, Norman Jorgensen, is a versatile writer for young people with a dozen books published. He often feels like he is a twelve-year-old trapped in the body of an aging novelist, and does tend to see the world like that, which is probably useful for someone in his profession. He prides himself that nearly…
Deb is the author of six novels for children, young adults and adults. Her books are taught in the school curriculum and have been optioned for film, and published internationally. She is a highly energetic, enthusiastic teacher of creative writing and loves meeting writers of all ages to motivate and inspire them. She is also…
Teena Raffa-Mulligan is a reader, writer and daydream believer with a life-long love of storytelling in all its forms. She writes for children and adults and her publications range from poetry and short stories to picture books, novels and short romances. Her writing life has also included a long career in journalism. Teena is an…
Katy is an award-winning West Australian author for both teenagers and adult readers. She has a PhD in English and Creative Writing, and has talked her way into a smorgasbord of occupations including golf course attendant, handbag seller and manager of a regional environment centre. Her young adult novels Juice and Mama’s Trippin’ were published…
Rashida Murphy is an award winning writer from Western Australia. She has published several short stories, poems, book reviews and essays and her debut novel, The Historian's Daughter, was shortlisted in the Dundee International Book Prize. The Historian's Daughter is now available from UWA Publishing. Rashida lives in Perth and is currently working on a…
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