Peeling the Onion

With a string of awards and accolades, including the CBCA Book of the Year and Prime Minister's Award for Children's Literature, internationally bestselling author Wendy Orr has written more than 40 books for children, teenagers and adults, and has been published in 29 languages. Wendy wrote the first Australian children's book to be adapted for a Hollywood feature film – Nim's Island, starring Jodie Foster, who was passionate about the book because it had turned her son into a reader. Wendy grew up in Canada, France and the United States, and now lives in Mornington Peninsula, Australia.

Kate Hosking is an Australian performer who has been narrating audiobooks for over 20 years. Her titles range from teenage fiction to adult non-fiction and everything in between. She is a musician, theatre performer and educator.