Author: Maggie May Gordon was born and raised in Sydney. She commenced writing when she married and moved to a property on the Western Plains of NSW which she found very conducive to writing about the characters, floraand fauna of the Australian bush. An award-winning poet, her verses have been widely published and used in eisteddfod and radiopresentations. Her lyrics have been performed on stage and television. Maggie is the original author andlyricist of Eureka! The Musical (Her Majesty’s, Melbourne 2004) whichwas nominated for Best Musical in the Robert Helpmann Awards for Australian Theatre 2005. Illustrator: Natasha Hagarty nee Farrar has been drawing for as long as she can remember. Despitegraduating from a double Bachelor’sdegree in Music and Education (Honours) at the University of New South Wales, she has returned to illustrating, studying picture book illustration under Donna Rawlins and Wayne Harris. Natasha sells prints and cards, has taught art classes for children,and has painted numerous freelance and commissioned works. She works mainly with watercolours, creating paintings that are sweet, whimsical and colourful.
