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Jules Faber has worked in book illustration for over a decade, but prior to this he has worked as an animator on a Disney program, a live caricature artist, an editorial cartoonist and taught Comic Book Illustration, scriptwriting and storyboarding. His debut book with author Anh Do, WeirDo, won the Australian Book Industry Awards Book of the Year for Older Children in 2014 and a KOALA (Kids Own Australian Literature Award) every year since, culminating in him being named a KOALA Legend in 2023. He has also written and illustrated his own series: The Quest Diaries of Max Crack. Louise Park is an award-winning author known for her bestselling series fiction that includes Zac Power, Boy vs Beast, Harriet Clare, D-Bot Squad, Star Girl and the Grace mysteries. Her latest book, Last Man Out: A Personal Account of the Gallipoli Evacuation, is an award-winning title based on her grandfather's letters and journals of his experiences as the last man out of Anzac Cove at Gallipoli during WW1. With sales in the millions worldwide, she writes under her name and the hugely successful pseudonyms H. I. Larry and Mac Park. Mo Johnson is co-author of the Prank Wars series with her writing mentor, Louise Park. She started her third YA novel in 2022 and is also working on her first adult fiction novel. Teaching in a boys' college gave her the inspiration for her first novel Boofheads published in 2008, a CBCA Notable and was listed on the HSC English supplementary text list.
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