Not Scary, Jonathan!

Peter Carnavas writes and illustrates books for children. He has created many picture books, including The Children Who Loved Books, Last Tree in the City and Blue Whale Blues, as well as several novels, The Elephant and My Brother Ben. Peter’s books have been published widely across the world and have won many awards, including a Queensland Literary Award and the Patricia Wrightson Prize for Children’s Literature at the NSW Premier’s Literary Awards. Peter also works as a teacher librarian, and he lives on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, with his wife, two daughters, a dog and a cat. Peter can be contacted on Facebook: Peter Carnavas Author/Illustrator.

Amanda Francey studied at Queensland College of Art and worked for many years in graphic design and art direction before returning to her childhood dream of illustrating children’s books. Her more recent picture books, Take Ted Instead, written by Cassandra Webb, and That Christmas Feeling, written by Lili Wilkinson, were listed as Notable Books by the Children’s Book Council of Australia, 2017 and 2018 respectively. Amanda can be contacted via her website: www.amandafrancey.com