You Are My Special Baby

Carol Chataway lives in the Adelaide Hills with her husband, three boys and a feisty little rabbit named Bluebell. She undertook every possible creative writing course at Flinders University while completing her Bachelor of Arts, majoring in English. She graduated in 2002 and is currently doing Honours in Creative Writing. Her first book was The Perfect Pet, a picture book for children under six, published in 2001.

Danny Snell grew up in Adelaide, and trained at the Central School of Art and the University of South Australia before graduating with a Bachelor of Design (Illustration) in 1992. His first major picture book Whose Tail Is That?, written by Christine Nicholls, was shortlisted the following year for the Children’s Book Council’s Crichton Award for first time children’s book illustrators. His second book, the best selling Bilby Moon written by Margaret Spurling, was nominated as a Notable Book for 2001 and shortlisted for the 2001 Kids Own Australian Literature Award (KOALA). Since then he has illustrated as well as The Long Way Home by Emily Rodda, Scary Bear by Tania Cox and Seadragon Sea, also written by Margaret Spurling. He lives in Adelaide with his partner Louise and his two daughters, Leilani and Daisy.