Author

Kirra Somerville

Kirra Somerville was born in Perth and is descended from the Martu people of the Western Desert in Western Australia. She loves to read and write, especially about animals in the Australian bush, Kirra wrote The Lizard Gang when she was nine years old and won a prize with this story in the 2004 WA Children's Book Council of Australia 'Make your own Storybook Competition'.

Grace Fielding was raised at the Wandering Mission south east of Perth, Western Australia. She lived in Broome for many years where she is well known for her unique style of art and fabric printing, combining traditional dot art with contemporary images. Grace has won the Crichton Award for Illustration, and the WA Premier's Children's Book Award.