Dragon Saving

I grew up on a dairy farm on the Koo Wee Rup swamp in West Gippsland, Victoria. I preferred reading books and writing stories and poems to milking cows (although I loved playing with our dog and chooks). My cousins Lynnette and Susan and I produced a newspaper called The Thrilling Three, and when I was nine I had my first poem published in the Junior Age section of The Age newspaper. It was called My Little Creek and I was paid 17 shillings and sixpence for it. I made up most of my poems while riding my bike to school and piano lessons.

Cheryl Orsini has illustrated and designed several titles for children, including Happy as Larry, I Wish I’d Danced with Anna Pavlova and My Funky Fishing Book. As an accomplished graphic designer she has worked for a variety of clients in the theatre, film and music industries. Cheryl lives in Sydney with her husband and baby daughter, and is very happy to ‘colour in’ for the rest of her days.