About the Author

Michelle Mackintosh is a Melbourne-based book designer and illustrator with a passion for mixing up the discarded with the new, collaging vintage, cute and modern aesthetics into something unique. She has designed dozens of books on a wide range of topics, from cookbooks and craft to city guides and diaries. She has illustrated six books written by her husband Steve Wide, and has worked on books for authors as diverse as Beci Orpin, Antonia Kidman, Margaret Fulton, Louise Fulton Keats, John Marsden, Gabriel Gate, Jane Rocca and Pip Lincolne.

Her most recent book, Snail Mail, celebrates the lost art of written correspondence and continues to sell well both here and overseas.