Lili Wilkinson is the award-winning author of more than twenty books for young people, including A Hunger of Thorns, which won the Victorian Premier's Literary Award, and was a CBCA Honour Book. Lili has a PhD from the University of Melbourne, and is a passionate advocate for YA and the young people who read it. Her latest books are Lavender & Hemlock, and the Bravepaw series.Lavanya Naidu is a storyteller with a passion for building worlds and developing characters with heart through her art. Over the last decade she has illustrated several children's books as well as animated and directed for film and television. When she isn't drawing, Lavanya is boxing, hiking, cooking and patting all the dogs. Lavanya grew up in Kolkata and now calls Melbourne her home, where she lives with her husband and their pup Raia.

Lili Wilkinson is the award-winning author of more than twenty books for young people, including A Hunger of Thorns, which won the Victorian Premier's Literary Award, and was a CBCA Honour Book. Lili has a PhD from the University of Melbourne, and is a passionate advocate for YA and the young people who read it. Her latest books are Lavender & Hemlock, and the Bravepaw series.Lavanya Naidu is a storyteller with a passion for building worlds and developing characters with heart through her art. Over the last decade she has illustrated several children's books as well as animated and directed for film and television. When she isn't drawing, Lavanya is boxing, hiking, cooking and patting all the dogs. Lavanya grew up in Kolkata and now calls Melbourne her home, where she lives with her husband and their pup Raia.

Lili Wilkinson is the award-winning author of more than twenty books for young people, including A Hunger of Thorns, which won the Victorian Premier's Literary Award, and was a CBCA Honour Book. Lili has a PhD from the University of Melbourne, and is a passionate advocate for YA and the young people who read it. Her latest books are Lavender & Hemlock, and the Bravepaw series.Lavanya Naidu is a storyteller with a passion for building worlds and developing characters with heart through her art. Over the last decade she has illustrated several children's books as well as animated and directed for film and television. When she isn't drawing, Lavanya is boxing, hiking, cooking and patting all the dogs. Lavanya grew up in Kolkata and now calls Melbourne her home, where she lives with her husband and their pup Raia.