The Wrong Thing

Isobelle Carmody is a brilliant and prolific science fiction and fantasy writer. She has written many award-winning and popular books and short stories since the mid 1980s. Isobelle lives with her partner, a Czech jazz musician and writer, and their daughter, Adelaide, in Europe and at her home in Apollo Bay, Victoria. Her previous Lothian books were The Red Shoes and The Landlord in the After Dark series, Dreamwalker – a stunning picture book illustrated by Steven Woolman and winner of the 2002 Aurealis Young Adult Award, and Journey From the Centre of the Earth, with magnificent illustrations by Marc McBride.

Declan Lee was born in Liverpool, England, to Irish parents in 1973. His whole family is creative and he has been drawing for as long as he can remember. After moving to Australia he studied Illustration at the University of South Australia Underdale Campus. He graduated in 1997 and decided to pursue a career in the visual arts, but even though he had several successful exhibitions he returned to his first passion of illustration. His previously published books include I Went Shopping, The Fish and the Cat, The Fox and the Crow, King Midas, The Billy Goats Gruff and The Woodcutter. Declan lives in Wayville, South Australia.