Baby Days

Adelaide writer Ian Bone has an extensive, award-winning background in children’s television, producing drama and situation comedy. He began writing Young Adult and children’s literature while at the ABC and has had a number of books published. His previous Lothian Books are the critically acclaimed ‘Fat Boy Saves World’, CBC Notable Book of 1999, ‘The Puppet’ in the After Dark series, his humorous Takeaways novel, ‘Spy Babies’, ‘Killer Plot’ in the Crime Waves series and the powerful YA novel, ‘Tin Soldiers’ which is shortlisted for the NSW Premier’s Literature Awards.

Anne Spudvilas is an established painter and multi-award-winning children’s book illustrator. Her work is divided between commissioned portraits, illustrating children’s books and visiting schools talking about the process of creating picture books. She is also a courtroom artist who works with the Melbourne media.