Clara Capybara

Aleesah Darlison isan internationally published, award-winning author. She has written oversixty-five books for children and is known for her books that empower childrenand champion the cause of animals and the environment. Aleesah has won or beenshortlisted for many awards including the Book Excellence Awards, theEnvironment Award for Children’s Literature, the Children’s Book Council ofAustralia Awards, and the Speech Pathology Book of the Year Awards. Her novelsinclude Grace the Amazing, the SuperSloth, Space Kids, League of Llamas, Unicorn Riders Series, and more. Herpicture books include the Endangered Animal Tales Series, Warambi, Puggle’s Problem,Our Class Tiger, Stripes in the Forest: The Story of the Last Wild Thylacine, andmore. Aleesah delivers talks and workshops to children and adults. She is aregular tutor and mentor for Writing NSW. Ruth-Mary Smith is an Australian illustratorwith a special love of the gentle emotions portrayed in picture books. Herstyle has been described as sweet, warm and whimsical. Her favouritetraditional mediums are watercolour and pencil as well as producing digitalillustrations. She is currently exploring collage in her illustration. She hasbeen published in the USA, been the recipient of a mentorship award from theAustralian Society of Authors and won an award in the CYA festival during 2020,2021 & 2023.