Sadie and Ratz

Sonya Hartnett is the internationally acclaimed author of several novels, including Thursday’s Child, winner of the 2002 Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize, and Forest, winner of the 2002 Children’s Book Council of Australia Book of the Year: Older Readers. In 2003, her adult novel, Of a Boy, won The Age Book of the Year and was shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Award.

Ann James is one of Australia’s best-known illustrators, and many of her books have been successful internationally, including A Coat of Cats (by Jerri Kroll), the Midnight Babies books and the Penny Pollard Diaries (by Robin Klein). She works in a variety of media, from watercolours to vibrant pastels.