Spare Kisses

About the Author

Pip Harry (Author)

Pip Harry is an Australian author, copywriter and journalist. Her verse novel The Little Wave won the 2020 Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Award for Younger Readers. Pip's second verse 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 novel August & Jones, published by Hachette in 2022, 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. Pip has also written picture books Over or Under? (a CBCA Notable book and shortlisted for the ABIA Picture Book of the Year Award 2025), The Inside Dog and Drift, a verse novel. She lives on Sydney's Northern Beaches with her family and energetic rescue kelpie. See also: www.pipharry.com

Yiscah Marcatili (Illustrator)

Yiscah Marcatili is a multi-disciplined illustrator who loves brightening the world around her by creating cheeky characters and subtly injecting playful narratives into her work. Her illustrations are fun and whimsical, painted traditionally with watercolours, gouache and coloured pencils. Her love of illustration is only matched by her love of great coffee and comfy overalls.