Children’s Authors

Children’s Author and Poet

Janine Fraser lives on Phillip Island in Victoria. She loves to travel and meet new people, and listen to their stories.  She found the story of Abdullah in Malaysia, and the Sarindi stories in Indonesia.

Janine's latest book, Sarah's two Nativities was published by the Black Dog Books Imprint of Walker Books in September 2019

Non-Fiction Writer and Children's Author

Michele is a Melbourne based author and freelance writer whose feature articles have been published regularly in Eureka Street magazine since 2001 and also appear in the daily newspapers The Courier Mail (Brisbane), The Age (Melbourne) and The Australian (throughout Australia). She is an experienced public speaker who is booked regularly in Melbourne and Brisbane. 

Author and Visual Artist

Gordon Reece is the author of MICE, the YA/Adult crossover thriller which was published by Allen & Unwin in Australia and throughout the world, including USA, UK, Italy, the Netherlands, France, Spain, Russia, Portugal, Brazil, Poland, the Czech Republic and Taiwan. Film rights are under option with Blossom Films and Made Up Stories. Gordon was born in England, studied English Literature at Oxford and worked as a teacher before requalifying as a lawyer. In 1999 he moved to Spain where he began to write and illustrate for children. He moved to Australia in 2005 and currently lives in Northern NSW. 

Author and Poet

Doris Brett, born in 1950, is a Clinical Psychologist and writer who is married, has one daughter and lives in Melbourne, Australia. She has published eight books ranging from poetry to novels to therapeutic storytelling for children. Her debut work of middle-grade fiction, Philomella and the Impossible Forest, was published by HardieGrant Books in 2023.