The Susurrus

About the Author

Genevieve Young has a background in education and research (Ancient History) but her first love is writing. Since becoming a parent, Genevieve has focused increasingly on children’s writing. She enjoys creating heart-warming and humorous stories for the picture-book market and reviewing picture books on her blog.. Viv has been longlisted for the Bath Flash Fiction competition (2018) and the Just Write for Kids Pitch It competition (2020) and in 2019 won the Book Links short story competition. She has also written short articles for Kids Book Review (‘On Picture Book Persuasion’ 19 August 2021) and Buzz Words E-mag (‘The Power of Picture Book Dedications’ 1 December 2020) and has completed writing courses with AWC and Writing NSW.

Cate James is a full-time illustrator, and when she’s not drawing for children's books, she likes to find different ways to be an artist. She volunteers with ArtEx at the Sydney Children’s Hospital in Randwick, and teaches art to primary-aged children. She also works as a printmaking technician at UNSW. Cate has illustrated over 30 books for publishers in the UK, US and Australia and was awarded the Penguin Random House Illustrators’ Showcase Award in 2019. Cate moved to Australia from Scotland, where she studied Printmaking and Illustration at Edinburgh College of Art. She is now living in the Northern Beaches of Sydney with her husband and her sausage dog Sebastian.