The ANZAC Billy

Claire Saxby was born in Melbourne and grew up in Newcastle, NSW where she thought she’d stay until the end of her days. Then, while she was holidaying in Melbourne, Claire’s parents decided to move to Bougainville Island in Papua New Guinea. Fortunately, they waited and took her with them. Since then, she’s lived in more houses than she can remember. Claire is the author of Ebi’s Boat, illustrated by Anne Spudvilas, which was a Children’s Book Council of Australia Notable book in 2007. Her title published with Walker Books Australia in 2010, There Was an Old Sailor, illustrated by Cassandra Allen was short-listed for the Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards 2010, Young Children Category.

MARK JACKSON’S work can be seen in the children’s picture book, Goodnight and Thanks for the Teeth and Thumbelina.Mark’s work includes Nonsense (winner of the Bulletin Award for Best Jacket Design in 1990) and A Book of Nonsense. The illustrations of original characters in The Magic Rainforest were made into a series of stamps for Australia Post.