Lisa Shanahan is an award-winning writer of picture books and fiction for young people. Some of her well-loved books include Gordon's Got A Snookie, illustrated by Wayne Harris, and Bear and Chook and Daddy's Having A Horse, illustrated by Emma Quay.

Her picture book Bear and Chook By The Sea, illustrated by Emma Quay, won the CBCA Book of the Year for Early Childhood in 2010 and Big Pet Day, illustrated by Gus Gordon, won the Speech Pathology Book of the Year Award for the 5-8 age group in 2015.

Lisa loves moon-gazing, making up words, mint slices, mock orange blossom, black cockatoos, shouts of unexpected laughter, the weight of a scruffy dog resting on her knee and cups of tea. She lives in Sydney, close to the river of her childhood, with her husband, their three sons and one bouncy spoodle.

Emma Quay wanted to be a children's book illustrator from a very early age. After moving from England to Australia in 1993, she began her illustrating career and has since become one of Australia's most sought-after picture-book artists.

She has won numerous awards, including the 2010 CBC Early Childhood Book of the Year for Bear and Chook by the Sea (written by Lisa Shanahan). Emma lives in Sydney with her husband and two young daughters.