Rick Wilkinson is an award-winning Australian geologist turned journalist/author who has covered the energy resources industry for international magazines and newspapers from London and Melbourne for the past 50 years.

Wilkinson has 16 published books, nine depicting the history of Australia’s petroleum and resources industries. Five other books (non-fiction and fiction) were written for children.

He has also written a natural history book about the critically endangered Lord Howe Island stick insect and a travel/history book about the Bellarine Peninsula where he lives southwest of Melbourne in Victoria.

Mic Looby is a writer, editor and illustrator. He is the author of the novel Paradise Updated (Affirm Press), a co-creator of six children's books, and a scriptwriter for television including the ABC's award-winning natural history documentary The Great Australian Fly.

A former columnist for The Big Issue magazine, Mic was also a senior digital wordsmith at The Age for many years, and a Lonely Planet guidebook writer at large. A father of two, Mic lives in Melbourne with his family and other wildlife.