Emily Rodda is one of Australia's most successful, popular and versatile writers, who has won the Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Award for a record five times. A former editor of The Women's Weekly, Emily is also the best-selling author of adult mysteries under her own name of Jennifer Rowe. Her children's books, for a range of ages and genres, exhibit a mastery of plot and character
Brendan Higgins is an Australian TV, film and stage actor. His most well-known film appearances are A Cry in the Dark (1988) and My Mother Frank (2000), and on the small screen he appeared in A Country Practise, Big Sky and All Saints.