The Too-Tight Tutu

Sherryl Clark is a writer of children’s books, crime novels and poetry. She has published over seventy books for children and young adults, as well as a number of books of poetry and adult crime fiction. Sherryl received the NSW Premier’s Award - Patricia Wrightson Prize for Children’s Books 2005, the Children’s Book Council of Australia Honour Book Award in 2008 and in 2019 her adult crime fiction novel Trust Me, I’m Dead was longlisted for the Ngaio Marsh Awards Debut Novel and the Crime Writer’s Association John Creasey New Blood Award (UK). In 2013, Sherryl graduated from Hamline University in St Paul, Minnesota, with a Master of Fine Arts specialising in Writing for Children and Young Adults, and in 2018 completed a PhD at Victoria University in Melbourne.

Stig Wemyss is Australia’s most loved audiobook narrator for children and young adults. He has lent his voice to the work of some of Australia’s most accomplished authors, including Andy Griffiths, Paul Jennings, Tim Winton, Marcus Zusak, Margaret Clarke and, most recently, Andrew Daddo. For the last three years he has been the recipient of the ABIA audiobook of the year award, including for the Trent Dalton's widely acclaimed debut novel Boy Swallows Universe. Stig has also written his own successful audiobook series entitled, The Tripp Diaries, which he narrates himself. His success and popularity have led him to develop a one-man comedy show for kids, Stig Live @ The Library, which he has performed in schools and libraries around Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.