Penny Matthews has written more than thirty books for
children and young adults. She writes in a variety of genres and
has won many awards, including the Children’s Book Council of
Australia Book of the Year Award and the Davitt Award for
Children’s and Young Adult Literature. She is based in South
Australia.
Illustrator Liz Anelli previously lived and worked in
England but now resides in Newcastle, NSW. She has a huge passion
for drawing and keeps rows of sketchbooks in her studio. In 2017,
her book Desert Lake: The Story of Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre (written
by Pamela Freeman) was a CBCA Notable Book and was short-listed for
the NSW Premier’s Literary Award, NSW Premier’s History Awards, the
Environment Award for Children’s Literature and the Educational
Publishing Awards. Her last book with Walker was Our Stories: Ten
Pound Pom (written by Carole Wilkinson).
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