The Greeblies

Robert Greenberg began his writing career when he won the best sentence competition in Grade 3 at Palmyra Primary School. Now, for 15 years, Robert has been writing quality children’s drama that has screened throughout the world and been awarded Australian and international prizes. As an award-winning scriptwriter for children’s television, he has written for Lift Off and Skytrackers, both of which won AFI awards, he has also won an Australian Writer’s Guild Award for his internationally popular series Round the Twist, as well as writing books for this series. He has recently written for Li’l Elvis Jones and the Truckstoppers, Tracey McBean and The Kangaroo Creek Gang. Robert also lectures and runs creative workshops, enthusiastically showing others how to create and write their own quality children’s television drama. In 2003, he was awarded the Centenary Medal for his contribution to the writing of Australian children’s television. Robert lives in Melbourne with his wife and two-year old daughter.

Peter Viska began his career as a cartoonist in 1969, when he created children’s pages for magazines such as the Daily Mirror. In the 1980s he turned to book illustration when he worked on the bestselling Far Out, Brussel Sprout! series (by June Factor). He then established the Mickey Duck Animation Co, specialising in character animation, such as The Hedge and Mr Snip, The Greatest Tune On Earth and the Li’l Elvis television series. Peter has illustrated three of the most popular Puffin Aussie Bites:The Lenski Kids and Dracula by Libby Hathorn, Hello World It’s Me by Thurley Fowler and No Place For Grubbs by Max Dann. His most recent book for children is Dan Dann -The Dunny Man, 2004. Peter lives in Melbourne.