That's What Makes It Christmas

Ashleigh is a children’s author and copywriter. Before writing full time, she pursued her love of books (children’s books especially) by working in some of Australia’s biggest publishing houses, running marketing and publicity campaigns. Ashleigh is the author of eight successful and highly acclaimed picture books and two junior fiction series, and has been recognised on the CBCA Notables and/or Shortlist in 2021, 2022 and 2023. Her picture book Dinosaur in My Pocket was a 2025 CBCA Notable Book. In 2025 Ashleigh published her acclaimed middle grade fiction book How to Sail to Somewhere. Ashleigh lives in Sydney with her husband, three children and their dog.

Born and raised in Sydney, Erin Reeves studied fine art at the National Art School and completed a Master’s degree at the University of New South Wales. After travelling to further her art education and exhibiting widely in Australia, in 2015 she opened a cocktail bar and restaurant, Jangling Jack’s, in Sydney’s Potts Point. Along with being a bar owner, she has developed a love for children’s literature and picture books and spends her days avidly drawing and writing.