Author Khaiah Thomson pens the Welcome to Blackwood (Young Adult, Paranormal Fiction) series. The first book in the series, titled Welcome to Blackwood, won the Hawkeye Publishing Manuscript Development Prize in 2020 and went on to become the publisher’s flagship YA presence in the marketplace.
Award-winning children's writer of How to Bee, The Dog Runner and Across the Risen Sea, also the award-winning In the Dark Spaces, YA thriller, as Cally Black.
Amber Moffat is an author, illustrator and poet from New Zealand, currently based in Western Australia. She writes for children, young adults and adults. Amber is an experienced teacher and fierce advocate for arts education. She believes that being able to share stories is the most magnificent thing about being human.
Lisa Van Der Wielen is a primary school teacher and writer from Perth, Western Australia. Her passions for teaching and writing lead her to become a Children’s Author in 2017. Lisa's love for the beach, nature, dogs, family and the importance of virtues provide her with motivation to write poetry and stories that inspire. Her…
Author of the Cruise Control novels.
Pol is a novelist, playwright and screenwriter living in Perth. He has won twice the National Award for Playwriting in Greece (2005, 2007) and once the National Award for Young Adult Literature (2016). His crime novels Athenian Blues and Baby Blue featuring the ethical hitman Stratos Gazis are published in the UK, USA and Australia…
Elaine Forrestal is a writer, reviewer, blogger, mentor and public speaker. She has novels, picture books, short story anthologies, historical fiction and magazine articles, and one poem, published around the world in English, Italian and Slovenian. She is also an experienced judge of writing competitions. Elaine lives in Scarborough, Western Australia, and walks on the…
Kate McCaffrey is an award winning, internationally published Young Adult author. Kate grew up in Perth’s northern suburbs. She has a degree in English and Art and a diploma in Education.
JAYNE LYONS is a Perth based children’s author who also works for a major Australian corporation. She has worked in the developing world and seen challenges faced by underprivileged children firsthand. She is passionate children being given the opportunity to achieve their dreams. Born and raised in Liverpool, UK, Jayne combines the unlikely loves of…
Rachel Watts is an author of speculative and literary fiction, a tutor and workshop facilitator. Her short work has been published in Westerly Magazine, Island, Kill Your Darlings, The Big Issue and more.