Katrina Germein is an early childhood teacher and bestselling children's author. She writes about family, fun, and the natural environment. Katrina's popular titles include Before You Were Born (illustrated by Helene Magisson), Big Rain Coming (illustrated by Bronwyn Bancroft), and the My Dad Thinks He's Funny series (illustrated by Tom Jellett). She is the recipient of a Speech Pathology Book of the Year Award and many Children's Book Council Notable listings. Katrina has an energetic dog named Mango, who loves the beach as much as she does. Judy Watson has illustrated a number of children's books, including Goodnight Mice! by Frances Watts, which won the Prime Minister's Literary Award for Children's Fiction in 2012, Searching for Cicadas by Lesley Gibbes, shortlisted for the Eve Pownall Award for Information Books in the 2020 CBCA Book of the Year awards, and Leonard Doesn't Dance by Frances Watts which was selected by the International Youth Library for the White Ravens 2020 Catalogue. Judy is married with two teenage children, a three-legged mixed breed dog, several chickens and a changing array of foster cats. She lives and works in Frankston South in a house overlooking the Upper Sweetwater Creek Reserve. You can subscribe to Judy's blog at judywatson.net or follow her on Instagram @judywatsonart