They're Building a House Next Door

Susan Taylor is a Sydney-based publicist and copywriter who also loves to write stories. Previously she founded and ran a successful PR firm and dabbled in journalism. Her writing has appeared in Vogue, Mamamia, NewsCorp’s Body and Soul, Babyology, Mum Central, Stylem and more. The Garbage Trucks Are Coming Today! is her first children’s book. She lives in the Northern Beaches with her husband, three sons and ginger moggy Thundercat. Christian trained as an animator originally, obtaining a Bachelor of Animation from Queensland College of Art. He began his artistic career as an animation assistant in a Brisbane studio where he worked on a number of fairly high profile projects including The Proud Family for Disney TV. He then went wandering for a few years, finding himself in Japan where he taught English as a second language. Christian also worked for a brief time with his rudimentary Japanese language skills in a Tokyo antique shop specializing in samurai armour, swords, Japanese prints and ceramics.