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James Moloney is one of Australia’s most respected and awarded children’s book authors. His novel Dougy was named an Honour Book in the Older Reader category of the CBC awards in 1994; Gracie was named an Honour Book in the Older Reader category of the CBC awards in 1995; while The House on River Terrace was shortlisted in the same category in the 1995 CBC awards. A Bridge to Wiseman’s Cove won the CBC award for Older Readers in 1997 and was shortlisted in the Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards in the same year; an award James later won for his novel Touch Me in 2001. He has also been awarded Family Awards for Children’s Literature, Children’s Peace Literature Awards, Multicultural Children’s Literature Awards and had titles selected for inclusion in the International Youth Library in Munich.

Stephen Michael King’s hugely successful first picture book THE MAN WHO LOVED BOXES, won the Family Award for Children’s Books in 1996, and was shortlisted in the Crichton Award for Children’s Book Illustration. Stephen’s BEETLE SOUP has also been shortlisted by the Children’s Book Council of Australia. Stephen works mainly with watercolours and ink. He’s also partially deaf and very handsome.