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About the Author

100 Story Building is Victoria’s home of storymaking and creative discovery for children and young people. Our imagination-driven literacy programs empower children to take creative risks, embrace mistakes, follow their passions and experience the joy of expression.

100 Story Building books are edited by energetic and diverse panel of young people who participate in 100 Story Building’s annual Early Harvest publishing program.  Each year, the editors at 100 Story Building create Australia’s only fiction book that is written and edited by kids for kids. All stories, poems, and other content in the book have been carefully selected by 11- and 12-year-olds, who curate the collection based on the interests and sensibilities of their age group.

Hilary Badger: Contributing Guest Author

The daughter of two librarians, it makes complete sense that Hilary is now a children’s author, advertising creative leader and 100 Story Building board member. Words and creativity are a life-long passion. 

Hilary is the founding author of the best-selling Zac Power series, which has been adapted for the screen and will debut in 2027. She also wrote the Space Scout series, a young adult novel and a biography of cyclist Cadel Evans. 

In her advertising career, Hilary leads the Melbourne office of global creative network, Leo. Over her 20+ years in the advertising industry, she has created iconic campaigns for brands like AAMI, Nintendo, Cadbury, BMW and Visit Victoria. The Department of Premier & Cabinet’s “Deadly Questions” campaign, which Hilary had the privilege of creating with Aboriginal Victorians, helped put Victoria on the path to a Treaty with its First People. 

In a career highlight for any Melbourne writer, Hilary’s story “The Completely & Utterly Absolutely Perfect Christmas” was commissioned by Myer and featured in the iconic Christmas windows. 

Hilary's advertising industry writing has featured in The Australian and regularly in trade publications like Little Black Book and Campaign Asia. Hilary is a committee member of the Australian Writers & Art Directors’ Association, where she lectures and mentors early career-stage creatives. Recently, Hilary judged AWARD Lab, a generative AI sprint competition in conjunction with Leonardo.ai, which explored how AI tools can serve human creativity in response to a live brief.