Author:Amelia is a Melbourne-based children’s author. After school, she went on to study creative arts at The University of Melbourne, where she majored in printmaking and creative writing. She subsequently completed post graduate studies in education and worked as a primary school teacher for seven years. It was during this time that Amelia’s love of picture books was rekindled. Realising the power of picture books in promoting literacy and facilitating class discussions, she started to write stories for her students. A little homesick in Scotland, five years ago, Amelia wrote the first draft for Who is Fitzy Fox? on a scrap piece of paper. She immensely enjoys the creative process of bringing her stories to life with her illustrator Jennifer Bruce and Little Steps Publishing and can’t wait to get started on her next book.Besides writing, Amelia now teaches part-time and spends the rest of the time with her young son, who luckily loves reading as much as she does!Illustrator:Jennifer Bruce (also known as Jennifer Rose Bruce) grew up in Dunblane in Scotland. As a child, she wrote stories and drew pictures to go with them. She loved to read and draw (in particular, animals). After she finished school, Jennifer went to art college in Dundee, where she learned more about drawing and design. Following graduation, she worked as a jeweller, a creative skills instructor in a hospital, and a drawing tutor. Jennifer was first introduced to Fitzy Fox when Amelia came to her drawing class in Edinburgh and told her she had written a story about a fox terrier. Immediately drawn to the story, Jennifer helped Amelia create the initial illustrations and then became the book’s illustrator.
