Illustrator Léa Decan was born in Dunkirk, France, and before turning to picture books, studied classical music at the Conservatory of Douai. She leads workshops on illustration, books, and music.
Marianna Coppo is an author-illustrator who studied editorial illustration at Mimaster, in Milan, Italy. Her picture books Such a Good Boy and Petra have been published to critical acclaim. She liv...
Award-winning author Stella Blackstone has written many of Barefoot’s best-selling titles, including the Bear series and the Cleo the Cat series. She has been writing for children for over 25 years...
Natalie Nelson is an illustrator, picture book maker, and collage artist. Trained in graphic design and illustration, she works in a mixed media hybrid of cut paper, collage, and digital art, with ...
Rachel Rooney is among the most admired children’s poets of our time. She worked as a teacher of special needs children while bringing up her three sons, and continues to take a close interest in t...
Enid Blyton’s books have sold over 500 million copies and have been translated into other languages more often than any other children’s author. She wrote over 700 books and about 2,000 short stori...
Enid Blyton’s books have sold over 500 million copies and have been translated into other languages more often than any other children’s author. She wrote over 700 books and about 2,000 short stori...
Debi Gliori is a bestselling Scottish writer and illustrator with an international following. Among her 70 or so books are the bestselling No Matter What. Debi studied illustration at Edinburgh Col...
Tharini Viswanath studied children’s literature at the University of Cambridge. Her long-term goals include living in a library and being owned by a houseful of dogs. Nancy Raj’s pictures perk up t...
Audrey Bouquet is the author of The Little Mice and The Cat and His Emotions. Originally a scientist, she studied biology and nutrition before focusing her studies on sophrology, the study of the c...
Pat Simmons is a writer of poetry, short stories, flash fiction and picture books for children. She lives at Scarborough on the NSW South Coast with a menagerie of critters, which includes cats, do...
Enid Blyton’s books have sold over 500 million copies and have been translated into other languages more often than any other children’s author. She wrote over 700 books and about 2,000 short stori...