Kate is a children’s author and bookworm. She has a full time job, two small and delightful children, a burgeoning writing career and a podcast. Kate has no other friends* or hobbies as she doesn’t have time for them. She does, however, have books!

Kate’s debut picture book is scheduled for release in July 2018 with EK Books, to be followed in 2019 by a second picture book, published by Allen and Unwin. You can find out more about Kate at www.katesimpsonbooks.com

*I really do have friends. Sorry guys - we’ll catch up soon, okay?

Liz has long escaped between the pages of a good book, and was a ‘reading by torchlight under the covers’ kind of child. She now turns a blind eye to her own kids doing the same.

She loves to read and review kids’ books, and write her own stories too. She's the author of picture books WALKING YOUR HUMAN and TULIP AND BRUTUS. Liz has a rescue dog named Frankie who acts like a cat, and loves travel, cafes, markets and maxing out her library card.

You can find out more at www.lizledden.com or connect via:

Instagram: @liz_ledden

Twitter: @liz_ledden

Facebook: @LizLeddenAuthor

Goodreads: @liz_ledden

Nat got bigger but she never grew up. Her motto is 'if you want it, do it'. She wanted to be a trapeze artist so she ran away and joined the circus. She wanted to be a fluffy monster living under a bed so she played Fuzz in the movie 'Out From Under The Bed'. She wanted to be on a podcast and....well, here we are.

Nat has two middle grade novels out with Penguin Random House - Secrets Of A Schoolyard Millionaire and The Power Of Positive Pranking - with two more set to come out in 2021.

You can find out more about Nat at...

Website: www.natamoore.com

Facebook: @NatAmooreWriter

Twitter: @nat_amoore

Instagram: @nat_amoore

Name: Kate Simpson

Internal age: A thousand lifetimes.

Secret superpower: Spreadsheets and lists. If you need to be saved from a burning building, call Wonder Woman. If you need to a five year plan with budget estimates and maybe a Gantt chart, I’m your gal. 

Obsessed with: Writing. Seriously. It's my thing and I hope to do it every day of my life. 

Annoyed by: Typos in books. (My own writing can have typos whenever it likes. This is not annoying. Don’t tell me it is.)

Bookshelf style: Bookshelf is kind of a loose word in my house - does a huge pile on the floor by my bed count as a bookshelf?

What you wanted to be when you grew up:  A microbiologist specialising in viruses.  

What you got in trouble for at school: Usually, not a lot, but I could sometimes be kind of  rude without even meaning to be (I was totally misunderstood!). 

Favourite books as a kid: Anything by Enid Blyton. When I was a bit older, I loved John Marsden’s books: So Much to Tell You, Letters from the Inside and of course the Tomorrow, When the War Began series.

And now: I discovered Little Women and Anne of Green Gables when I was in high school and they're now more than books to me. They’re friends.

Character you wish you could be: Any character with magical powers. (Yer a wizard, Harry!)

Name: Liz Ledden

Internal age: 9

Secret superpower: manifesting footpath finds (everything from cane chairs to a revolving book rack)

Obsessed with: putting books on hold at the library (turning book borrowing into some kind of competitive sport)

Annoyed by: Weird chewing sounds

Bookshelf style: Colour-coded

What you wanted to be when you grew up: Author, spy or flight attendant

What you got in trouble for at school: Laughing attacks (in the library, of all places).

Favourite books as a kid: Hating Alison Ashley, Harriet the Spy, Animalia, There’s a Sea in my Bedroom, The Magic Faraway Tree, Charlotte's Web, everything Roald Dahl and Judy Blume, Trixie Belden, The Babysitters’ Club, Playing Beattie Bow, Anastasia Krupnik … the list goes on

And now: Herman and Rosie, Florette, Adelaide’s Secret World, The Underwater Fancy-Dress Parade, Mr Huff, Last Stop on Market Street, Squishy Taylor, Withering-by-Sea, The Secrets We Keep, Nevermoor

Character you wish you could be: Charlie Bucket in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory