Scott Stuart is a writer, illustrator and designer who still watches kids' movies when his son is not around. He is passionate about dismantling gender stereotypes and empowering children to follow their own unique path.

Thomas Mayor is a Torres Strait Islander man born on Larrakia country in Darwin. As an Islander growing up on the mainland, he learned to hunt traditional foods with his father and to island dance from the Darwin community of Torres Strait Islanders.

Fifi Box is one of the most popular radio and television personalities in Australia. She’s a host of Fox FM’s stellar breakfast show, Fifi, Fev and Nick, and a regular guest host on Network Ten’s prime-time show, The Project.

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Sandhya Parappukkaranleft her job as a Food Technologist so she could put her feet up and read. Then she rediscovered her passion for children’s books. Her stories are inspired by her multicultural experience and include scrumptious food from her Kerala Indian heritage.

Susann Hoffman is a freelance illustrator and animator specialising in children's illustration and short films. 

Sophie Beer is an author and illustrator who revels in colour, shape and texture. Living by one simple rule – art should never be boring – she primarily works in children’s and editorial illustrations.

Teresa Bellón lives and works in Madrid, Spain. Her distinctive illustrations have graced gallery walls and picture book pages around the world.

Amy is a freelance writer and journalist, and is currently completing a PhD at the University of Queensland into media representations of violence against Aboriginal women.

Matt Chun is an artist and writer, currently based on unceded Tsleil-Waututh land / Vancouver, Canada. Living, travelling and creating with his 9-year-old son, Matt’s work spans text, drawing, sculptural installation, children’s books and comics.

Rosie Smiler is a 39-year-old Gurindji woman, a twin with Lisa Smiler and a granddaughter of the great Gurindji leader, Vincent Lingiari. Rosie is a teacher’s assistant for Years 3 and 4 at the tiny primary school in the Gurindji community of Kalkarindji.

Michelle Pereira is an illustrator who spent her childhood in Nairobi, Kenya and now lives in Melbourne, Australia. She graduated from Monash University with a Bachelor of Communication Design and became a professional illustrator after a somewhat extended stint of bar work.

Samantha Campbell is an illustrator and graphic designer based in Darwin, Northern Territory. Samantha is descended from the Dagoman people from Katherine, and as a child lived in remote Aboriginal communities across the Top End.

Adam Briggs, who performs as Briggs, is an Indigenous Australian rapper, recordlabel owner, comedy writer, and actor. Briggs became well known as a solo rapper, signing with Golden Era Records in 2009, before co-founding the hip hop duo A.B. Original in 2016.

Kate Moon is an illustrator, character designer and 3D artist from Melbourne. She specialises in character work, visual development and asset production across a wide range of mediums, from animation to print.

Rachael Sarra is an artist and designer whose work is an extension of her being and experiences. As a contemporary Aboriginal artist from Goreng Goreng country, Rachael uses art as a powerful tool in storytelling, to educate and share Aboriginal culture and its evolution.

Megan Anderson is a Melbourne-based writer and editor with a focus on delivering meaningful content to audiences

Genna Campton is an Australian surface designer and illustrator based in Vancouver, Canada.

Carolyn Ang is a multidisciplinary designer and art director— specialising in editorial design, publishing and brand identities.

Charlotte Barkla is a children's author, freelance writer and teacher. She is the author of two picture books: From My Head to My Toes, I Say What Goes and All Bodies are Good Bodies.

Sally Rippin is one of Australia’s best-selling and most-beloved children’s authors. Photo Credit: Sister Scout Photography

Eliza Hull is an award-winning musician, writer and disability advocate. Her music has been described as ‘stirring, captivating and heartfelt.’ Eliza is a proud disabled person, with a physical condition ‘Charcot Marie Tooth.’

Daniel Gray-Barnett is an illustrator and author from the Huon Valley in lutruwita/Tasmania. He likes to think of himself as someone who was put on this planet to tell a few stories before he turns into a grumpy old man.