Bill Condon has written numerous stories, poems, and plays for children, and four of his novels have been shortlisted for the Children’s Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Award. He is also the winner of the Prime Minister’s Literary Award. Bill lives on the south coast of New South Wales with his wife, the well-known children’s writer Dianne Bates.

Dave Atze: professional fun- haver and Illustrator of all things cute and cuddly. Commonly found sketching up a storm with his trusty K9 by his side, Dave has worked in cartoons, comics, games, toys, advertising and children’s books. Dave illustrates amazing books for kids that sell all over the world including Cat Spies Mouse, the Max Booth series, the Nursery Crimes series and books about a kangaroo from Uluru!