Linsay Knight is widely respected as a leading expert in, and contributor to, children s literature in Australia. As the former Head of Children s Books at Random House Australia for many years, she nurtured the talent of numerous authors and illustrators to create some of Australia s most successful children s books. Linsay is also the author of several successful non-fiction books, and the editor of a number of children s dictionaries and story collections, including 30 Australian Stories for Children, 30 Australian Ghost Stories for Children and four age-story collections- Stories for 6, 7, 8 and 9 Year Olds.