Terri Owbridge is a qualified journalist with a graduate certificate in book publishing and editing. She’s had articles published with Fairfax Media, The Herald Sun and Australian Geographic Magazine. For the past eight years Terri has worked in corporate communications across multiple wellrenowned organisations. Her debut picture book, Sticking Out, shares her most valuable life lesson for fellow introverts – social interactions are actually really fun! Terri currently lives in Perth with her husband, daughter, hundreds of fish and one mischievous cat.

Emma Stuart has been an illustrator and visual artist for over 20 years and worked on over 100 books. Emma specialises in children's book illustration, but has also worked in advertising, the public realm, editorial and design, and still exhibits her work regularly. Emma primarily uses watercolours, but also acrylics, oils, pen and ink, and pencil. Her characters are full of life and light hearted. Emma work spans a range of genres and styles, from highly detailed realism to simple character based illustration.