Alaska

Sue Saliba lives on Phillip Island in Victoria with her husband Bruno, her two cats Minou and Charbon, and her dog Sally. She has previously published the young adult novel Watching Seagulls, and the children's book The Skin of a Star, as well as short stories and poetry. Her second novel something in the world called love won the Victorian Premier's Award for young adult fiction and the APA Design Awards Best Children's Cover. Her third young adult novel, Alaska, was published in 2011, was short-listed for both the APA Design Awards and the Prime Minister's Literary Awards, and was a notable book in the CBCA Awards. http-//www.suesaliba.com Allison Colpoys is a freelance book designer, illustrator. Previously she worked at Penguin Books Australia and has won a number of APA design awards, including the Young Designer of the Year award in 2009. She illustrated The Underwater Fancy-Dress Parade (written by Davina Bell), which won the 2016 Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book of the Year Award, Crichton Award for New Illustrators.