The Shadow Brumby

Alison Lester is the bestselling Australian author and illustrator of many popular and award-winning children's books including Are We There Yet, the winner of the 2005 Children's Book Council Picture Book of the Year Award. In 2011–2012 Lester shared the role of Australia’s first Children’s Laureate with Boori Prior. She was also the ambassador for the 2012 National Year of Reading. Lester's best known picture books include the Clive Eats Alligators series, the Noni the Pony series, Magic Beach, Imagine, and My Farm, while her novels include The Quicksand Pony and the Bonnie & Sam series. Lester owns and runs a gallery and bookshop in Fish Creek, country Victoria.

Miranda Nation is an award-winning screenwriter and director as well as an actor and voice-over artist. Beginning her multifaceted career as an actor, Nation trained at Jacques Lecoq in Paris (2003–05), before shifting her focus to writing and directing, completing a Graduate Diploma in Directing at the Australian Film, Television and Radio School (2010). Her critically acclaimed debut feature as writer/director, Undertow, premiered at Melbourne International Film Festival and was released in cinemas in early 2020. Her short film Perception won the Dendy Award for Best Short Film at the 2014 Sydney Film Festival. Nation's original six-part series as creator/writer/EP, Playing Gracie Darling, will premiere on Paramount+ in 2025. Her debut novel, New Skin, is to be published in 2025.