Lucy The Good

Marianne Musgrove wrote her first full-length novel at the age of eleven: a romantic thriller featuring her unfortunate classmates. Although the unpublished manuscript met with only localised acclaim, she never gave up her dream of becoming an author. A descendant of King Henry VIII's librarian, you could say books are in her blood! Marianne grew up in Sydney then moved to Adelaide to go to university. There, she studied English (which she loved), law (which she loathed) and social work (which she made her career for several years). Marianne's first children's novel, The Worry Tree, is the winner of the Australian Family Therapists Award for Children's Literature 2008 and has been shortlisted for three other awards. Lucy the Good, Lucy the Lie Detector and Don't Breathe a Word are also available now.

Cheryl Orsini has illustrated more than fifteen children's books, including Fredrik Goes Bananas, I Wish I'd Danced with Anna Pavlova and Natalie Jane Prior's popular Dolls series. Her work has also appeared in Gardening Australia, Vogue Kids and The Australian Women's Weekly. Cheryl's most recent picture book is Look, Baby!, The ABC Book of Transport and Wibbly Wobbly Street. She lives in South Coogee, NSW.