About the creators

Davina Bell (right) is a writer and editor of books for young people. She was a Senior Editor at Penguin Books Australia, where she worked with some of our country’s most beloved children’s book creators. Davina lives and works in Melbourne, where she still dreams about the Western Australian beaches while drinking a lot of very good Melbourne coffee. Allison Colpoys (left) is an award-winning designer and illustrator, and the Art Director at Scribe Publications. Her picture books with Scribble include The Underwater Fancy-dress Parade, Under the Love Umbrella, and All the Ways To Be Smart. As well as receiving numerous Australian Book Design Awards for her illustration and cover design, she has won the CBCA Crichton Award for Best New Talent and two Australian Book Industry Awards. She was on the longlist for the Kate Greenaway in 2019 for her work on If All the World Were... (written by Joseph Coelho and published by Frances Lincoln).