Author
Pip Harry
Pip Harry (Author)
Pip Harry is an Australian author, copywriter and journalist. Her young adult novels include
I'll Tell You Mine, Head of the River and
Because of You. Her middle grade novel
The Little Wave won the 2020 Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Award for Younger Readers. Pip's second middle grade novel,
Are You There, Buddha?, was a 2022 Children's Book Council of Australia Notable Book and was shortlisted for the 2022 NSW Premier's Literary Awards, Ethel Turner Prize for Young People's Literature. Pip's next middle grade novel,
August & Jones, was published by Hachette in 2022 and was shortlisted for the CBCA Book of the Year: Younger Readers 2023 and the 2024 YABBA Awards, and won the CBCA Shadow Judging Book of the Year for Younger Readers. Her first picture book,
Over or Under? is inspired by a lifetime of ocean swimming and occasionally getting dumped by big waves. See also: www.pipharry.com.
Hilary Jean Tapper (Illustrator) Hilary Jean Tapper is an international award-winning illustrator based in New Zealand. She is winner of the ABIA (Australian Book Industry Awards) Children's Picture Book of the Year for 2023 and Forevability Book Awards 2022 (forevability.org).
Connect with Hilary on Facebook or Instagram: @hilaryjeantapper.