Our Authors/Illustrators
Aleesah loves writing stories with humour and heart for children and young adults. She coordinates a children’s writers’ group at the NSW Writers’ Centre and reviews books for The Sun Herald.
Puggle’s Problem, Aleesah’s first picture book, is due out in June 2010 and will be published by Wombat Books. Two other picture books, Warambi (Working Title Press) and Bearly There (Windy Hollow Books), are due out in 2011. The first instalment in her junior series, The Diary of Persephone Pinchgut: Twin Trouble, is due out in September 2010 (New Frontier Publishing).
A number of Aleesah’s short stories have appeared in The School Magazine and Little Ears and she has won numerous awards for her writing. In 2009, she was awarded an ASA mentorship and came runner-up in the CBCA (NSW) Frustrated Writers Program.
Louise Elliott does editing consulting for the Queensland Writer Centre. As a local South East Queensland author she has won awards for her writing over the past years. Many of her titles have been best sellers and have been recognised by the children's book council.
Anne Hamilton, author and editor of a number of books, is the author of Wombat Books' Nerrilee's World and Many-coloured Realm.
Andrew Lansdown’s poems and stories have been widely published and have won many literary awards. His most recent books are: a collection of poetry, Fontanelle (Five Islands Press); a collection of short stories, The Dispossessed (Interactive Press); three fantasy novels, With My Knife, Dragonfox and The Red Dragon (Omnibus Books/ Scholastic Australia); and two poetry chapbooks, Little Matters: a gathering of 89 haiku & senryu and Consolations: 48 tanka (Picaro Press). His website address is: www.andrewlansdown.com.
Renowned wildlife artist is the illustrator of Wombat Books' Nerrilee's World.
Authors in Unborn Beauty: There were 50 contributors to Unborn Beauty. Check out their biographies here.