Mannie and the Long Brave Day

Martine Murray is a young author/ illustrator. Born in Melbourne, she has travelled widely and now lives in Thornbury. She says she has “been a student for much longer than one should be”, studying painting at the Victorian College of the Arts, filmmaking, dance and dance therapy, and writing. She teaches yoga and circus skills, makes dance theatre and writes stories. She likes dancing, walking and hanging upside-down on things.

Sally Rippin was born in Darwin, but trained in China. She is the award-winning writer and illustrator of many books. She received the CBC Crichton award for Illustration for Fang Fang’s Chinese New Year and What a Mess, Fang Fang was a CBC Notable Book. She also illustrated The Shape by Dianne Bates, which was shortlisted for the CBC Book of the Year in 2000. Most recently, she had published her first young adult novel, Chenxi and the Foreigner.