Steve is an award-winning children's author passionate about social and emotional well-being. With four decades of experience, Steve has honed his skills in helping children manage their emotions, which he translates into his writing. When he's not hanging out with his feathered friends, the local magpies, or reminiscing about his puppetry and TV presenter days,…
Lorraine is a lover of stories of all shapes and sizes and writes for children and adults. She has written a non-fiction book for students going onto higher education, 'You've Got This, Tips for the Uncertain Student', inspired by her own students struggling to overcome imposter syndrome and fear of failure. Her picture book, 'When…
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.
Katrina Kell was born in Scotland and moved to Australia as a child. Her award-winning writing includes historical fiction, young adult novels, short fiction, poetry, essays, and journalism. A vivid and unforgettable dream was the inspiration for Chloé. The unpublished manuscript of the novel won an Australian Society of Authors Award Mentorship, and Katrina’s PhD…
Alex is an experienced educator, author and freelance writer, with a background in secondary and tertiary teaching, corporate training, community education, media education, public relations, project coordination and advocacy. She has worked across corporate, education, not-for-profit, government, and small business sectors, and her specialty lies in educational, business and content writing.
Anna is an emerging writer from Perth, Western Australia. She grew up and spent most of her adult years in the Philippines, until she immigrated to Australia to be with her then fiance, and now husband, back in 2012. She grew up in a Catholic family, and she graduated from the University of the Philippines…
Rebecca Laffar-Smith lives with her young adult children and their service animal pup. She also lives with chronic pain, mental illness, and neurodiversity. Those lived experiences drive her to write young adult sci-fi and fantasy novels that star diverse characters. As a presenter and coach, Rebecca loves to write and speak about the challenges of…
After failing high school twice, Josh Langley went onto become an award-winning radio copywriter and award-winning children’s author. Josh's area of passion is delivering positive mental health messages to primary school aged children in a fun and engaging way.
A. R. Levett B.A., B.Cmm.(Hons) is an award-winning, emerging WA author. For a decade he has studied the craft of creative writing and helped budding writers hone their skills and turn their ideas into engaging stories with his Story Mentoring services. He has taught at Edith Cowan University, presented workshops for the WA writing community,…
Shey Marque is a poet and former medical scientist. She was the inaugural winner of the QLD Poetry Festival Emerging Poet Award in 2018. Her first full-length poetry collection, Keeper of the Ritual (UWAP 2019), was shortlisted for the Noel Rowe Poetry Award. Her second collection, The Hum Hearers (UWAP 2025), was shortlisted for the…