Have You Seen My Egg?

About the Author

About the author:

Dr Penny Olsen is an Honorary Professor in the Division of Ecology and

Evolution in the Research School of Biology. After a career as a field

biologist and ecological consultant, she has is now mostly occupied

writing books about Australian natural history and its recorders. In

2011 she was invested as a Member of the Order of the Australia for

her for 'service to the conservation sciences through the study and

documentation of Australian bird species and their history.' Her recent

publications include a book about Indigenous Australians' contributions

to our understanding of Australia's fauna Australia's First Zoologists

and Flight of the Budgerigar: An Illustrated History.

About the illustrator:

Rhonda N. Garward has studied drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture and paper

making. She has taken part in solo and group exhibitions in painting

and printmaking, and won prizes in drawing, painting and contemporary

art. Rhonda has exhibited at the Guangzhou International Art Fair in

China, and she has been invited to exhibit at the Florence International

Biennale. Rhonda's art works in watercolour, mixed media and acrylics

are based on Australian themes. Birds, fish, animals, the bush and the

sea are used to create naturalistic and evocative art works. Her works are

held in public and private collections throughout Australia and worldwide.