Author

Aunty Fay Muir, Sue Lawson

Aunty Fay Muir is a senior Boon Wurrung and Wamba Wamba Elder, First Nations community leader and Koori Court Elder. She is a Language Specialist, working as a prison educator in First Nations languages and is a creative language revival consultant and collaborator. Aunty Fay provides cultural guidance to students and teachers at all levels of the Victorian education system, providing cultural and curriculum advice. In 2020, she was inducted to both the Victorian Honour Roll of Women and the Victorian Aboriginal Honour Roll. Aunty Fay cares about sharing her culture and stories and loves to take readers on a journey of learning.

Award-winning Australian author Sue Lawson writes books for children and young adults. Her books include The Biscuit Maker, illustrated by Liz Anelli and young adult novels Freedom Ride, shortlisted for the Children s Book Council of Australia Book of the Year and the NSW and WA Premier s Literary Awards, and Pan s Whisper, which won the Australian Family Therapist Award and was shortlisted for the Prime Minister s Literary Award. Sue s young adult and children s books are recognised for the sensitive way they explore the exciting and heartbreaking complexities of growing up.

Lisa Kennedy is a descendant of the Pairrebeenne/Trawlwoolway Clans. She can trace her Aboriginal heritage through her father s line to Ancestral grandmother Woretermoeteryenner, eldest daughter of Mannalargenna. Lisa has illustrated many award-winning books for young people and is published both in Australia and internationally. Her most recent books include Sea Country by Aunty Patsy Cameron, and Respect by Aunty Fay Muir and Sue Lawson, both published by Magabala Books. Lisa feels blessed to have collaborated with Aunty Patsy Cameron on their second book Sky Country.