Lisa Nicol

Lisa Nicol is an internationally published children’s author and sometimes documentary-maker. Her feature Wide Open Sky won the Audience Award for Best Documentary at the Sydney Film Festival. Her first novel, Dr Boogaloo and The Girl Who Lost Her Laughter was a CBCA Notable, Shenzhen Reading Month, Top Ten Children’s Books of the Year 2021 and is currently being adapted for the screen. Her other works include the hugely popular Vincent and The Grandest Hotel on Earth and The What on Earth Institute of Wonder. Lisa lives in Sydney with two out of her three children and a dusty old dog who smells worse than an elephant fart.