Contributors

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Jacqueline Harvey

Jacqueline Harvey is one of Australia’s most popular authors, having sold over two million copies of her Alice-Miranda, Clementine Rose, Kensy and Max and Willa and Woof series around the world.

Jacqueline Harvey’s bestselling Alice-Miranda series  has been sold to the United States, United Kingdom, Indonesia, Turkey, Brazil, Hungary, Germany, Portugal and Russia and has been shortlisted for numerous children’s book awards in Australia. Alice-Miranda at School won the YABBA for Younger Readers in 2012 and Jacqueline has had an Alice-Miranda title on the REAL awards shortlist (YABBA, KOALA and KROC awards)  2012-2017, 2019, 2021 and 2022. The first animated feature film, Alice-Miranda: Friends Forever in partnership with SLR Productions, ZDF Enterprises, STAN and the Nine Network (Australia) was released in November 2019 with a second, Alice-Miranda: A Royal Christmas Ball released in late 2021. 

https://jacquelineharvey.com.au/
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R.A. Spratt

R.A. Spratt is a best-selling author, television writer and podcast host. She is known for the Hamlet is Not OK, Shockingly Good StoriesFriday Barnes, The Peski Kids and Nanny Piggins  series of books. As well as her popular podcast Bedtime Stories with R.A. Spratt.

She has also written for dozens of television shows. For more information see her imdb.com page. 

https://raspratt.com/
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Tim Harris

Tim Harris is the award-winning bestselling author of several laugh-out-loud series for kids, including Ratbags, Mr Bambuckle’s Remarkables, Toffle Towers and Exploding Endings.

A former primary school teacher of 15 years, his stories are filled with quirky scenarios, loveable characters and plenty of imagination. Tim’s ‘humour with heart’ writing style has seen his books receive multiple awards, including six KOALA Honour Books (2017, 2019 and 2 x 2020, 2021, 2023), a YABBA Honour Book (2023) and a CBCA Notable (2018). His books have been published in Australia and the USA and have been translated into numerous languages.

https://www.timharrisbooks.com/

Guests

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Danielle McDonald

Danielle McDonald studied Graphic Design at university and majored in illustration. She then decided to undertake freelance work and worked with various toy and interior design companies, as well as illustrated books. Danielle is driven by a passion for colour and a love for creating fun characters. She is the illustrator behind the I'm Glad series with Catherine Phelan, the Ella and Olivia series, the Ella Diaries, Olivia’s Secret Scribbles and various other picture books.

These days, Danielle can be found happily illustrating children's books in her studio on a farm in the Southern Tablelands of NSW, where she lives with her gorgeous husband and two beautiful daughters.

https://www.instagram.com/danielle_mcdonald_studio/

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