Laura Motherway (Author) Laura Motherway has spent 17 years delivering positively distracting programs for children and young people in hospital at the Starlight Children's Foundation and has worked as a singer, improviser, actor and director. She is currently the Strategic Creative Learning Manager for the cultural organisation FORM Building a State of Creativity, where she oversees creative learning programs including the Scribblers Literature Festival in Perth. The Brightest Christmas Star is her first book.Deb Hudson (Illustrator) Deb Hudson loves to draw bright, happy, colourful things. She has illustrated a number of children's books including The Golden Thread by Amelia Donnelly and the What Zola Did series by award winning author Melina Marchetta. She lives in Melbourne, Australia with her husband, three kids, energetic border collie and a bright yellow canary.

Laura Motherway (Author) Laura Motherway has spent 17 years delivering positively distracting programs for children and young people in hospital at the Starlight Children's Foundation and has worked as a singer, improviser, actor and director. She is currently the Strategic Creative Learning Manager for the cultural organisation FORM Building a State of Creativity, where she oversees creative learning programs including the Scribblers Literature Festival in Perth. The Brightest Christmas Star is her first book.Deb Hudson (Illustrator) Deb Hudson loves to draw bright, happy, colourful things. She has illustrated a number of children's books including The Golden Thread by Amelia Donnelly and the What Zola Did series by award winning author Melina Marchetta. She lives in Melbourne, Australia with her husband, three kids, energetic border collie and a bright yellow canary.

Laura Motherway (Author) Laura Motherway has spent 17 years delivering positively distracting programs for children and young people in hospital at the Starlight Children's Foundation and has worked as a singer, improviser, actor and director. She is currently the Strategic Creative Learning Manager for the cultural organisation FORM Building a State of Creativity, where she oversees creative learning programs including the Scribblers Literature Festival in Perth. The Brightest Christmas Star is her first book.Deb Hudson (Illustrator) Deb Hudson loves to draw bright, happy, colourful things. She has illustrated a number of children's books including The Golden Thread by Amelia Donnelly and the What Zola Did series by award winning author Melina Marchetta. She lives in Melbourne, Australia with her husband, three kids, energetic border collie and a bright yellow canary.