Scott began writing at the age of 13 when a class assignment was set by his Year 8 English teacher. A reluctant reader at the time, he wanted to write something to replace the dull books that bored him to sleep during class. Little did the teacher expect that he would produce a 220 page…
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Pamela Freeman is an award-winning author for both children and adults. In addition to winning an Aurealis Award and the 2006 NSW Premier’s Literary Prizes’ History Prize, Pamela’s books have been shortlisted for the State Literary Awards, the Children’s Book Council Book of the Year Awards, and the Koala Awards. As a children’s writer, She…
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Susannah Fullerton is passionate about English literature and has degrees from the Universities of Auckland and Edinburgh. She is President of the Jane Austen Society (the largest literary society in Australia) and in this capacity she has appeared on television, spoken on radio and given presentations to many different groups. She is also a member…
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Sydney-born Stephen Michael King can remember drawing all of his life. Growing up in suburban Sydney in an environment where his imagination and creativity were nurtured, he wrote stories, dreamed of illustrating a book and of one day working with Walt Disney Studios. Through Adversities to the Stars When he was nine, Stephen went partially…
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Anna Fienberg was born in England in 1956 but came to Australia at the age of three. Her first book, Billy Bear and the Wild Winter, published in 1988, originated from a series she wrote while working as editor at School Magazine. Anna’s Literary Activity Anna has written a number of well-loved and award-winning picture…
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Born two days before Christmas in 1963, David Legge has been making up for mingy Christmas/birthday presents ever since by winning as many awards as he can. His first picture book, Bamboozled, received the signal honour of being voted an Honour book in the 1995 CBC awards and won the KOALA and YABBA awards the…
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Stephen Measday is an award-winning scriptwriter and is also well known for his adventurous and humorous novels for younger readers, such as A Pig Called Francis Bacon, Roger Bacon Reporting, Bringing Home the Bacons and The News They Didn’t Use. A Pig called Francis Bacon and The News They Didn’t Use have been listed as…
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Sydney based author Jacqueline Kent has worked as a journalist, radio producer and scriptwriter, and book editor and is the prizewinning author of adult non-fiction and young adult books. Her biography of a pioneering Australian book editor, A Certain Style: Beatrice Davis, A Literary Life, won the 2002 National Biography Award, as well as the…
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Anthony Hill is the author of 15 books for both children and adults. Born in Melbourne in 1942, he has lived in and around Canberra for many years. A former journalist and speech-writer for the Governor-General, he is now a full-time author. Antony’s Rich Literary Path His first book was The Bunburyists (Penguin, 1985) telling…
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Writer and comedian John Larkin is the much-loved author of many books for adults, young adults and young children. John’s latest book is Goon Town (subtitled Survival of the Useless), a story which uses scriptwriting techniques inserted into the novel format. John’s titles for young adults include Pizza Features, Spaghetti Legs, Lasagne Brain and Nostradamus…
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Gaye Chapman is an artist of international standing, but generations of children in Australia know her best for her many, many years (fourteen and counting!) of illustrating for NSW School Magazine. Gaye has exhibited widely throughout Australia and overseas, and has many major collections, awards, prizes and exhibitions to her name including the Sulman, Blake,…
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Born in 1958, Phillip Gwynne is one of eight children. He grew up in country Victoria and South Australia. A keen Australian Rules footballer, he played for Woodville in the SANFL before a serious knee injury finished his career. He graduated from James Cook University with a degree in Marine Biology but has worked at…
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Alison Lester is one of Australia’s most popular and well-loved author/illustrators. The antics of her characters in the Clive Eats Alligators, Tessa Snaps Snakes, Rosie Sips Spiders series are known to a whole generation of Australian children and have been published in many languages around the world. The best-selling Quicksand Pony series has been extremely…
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With his family being the major source of inspiration for his work, Bruce Whatley has produced a number of well-loved picture books, most often in collaboration with his wife, Rosie Smith. His first book, based on the family dog Skitty, was The Ugliest Dog in the World, and has been followed by a number of award-winning…
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Gus Gordon is an illustrator and sometime author. He lives with his wife and three kids on the Northern beaches of Sydney. It can get very glarey. Despite this, Gus has illustrated over 60 books for children. Gus grew up on a farm in northern NSW and, after leaving school, worked on cattle stations all…
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