Australian born author and illustrator Rommie Corso has been actively involved with professional projects associated with Visual Communication since 2002. In 2004 she began working as an independent creative consultant and in 2009 founded Hardshell Publishing. Rommie provides book publishing and marketing coaching, graphic and website design and self publishing services, to clients both locally in Australia and abroad. Rommie specialises in assisting new authors to navigate the self publishing process and her business motto is: We publish imagination! Colour to Life is Rommie's first book, inspired by a trip to South Africa, in which children were asking her to draw them pictures to colour in. Later back home in Australia, Rommie researched colour in books and seeing that most had repetitions or uninspiring pictures, she decided to put together her own unique and imaginative book with creative phrases written on each page. This encourages children to come up with their own drawings and ideas and the outcome is the encouragement and self-expression in children – most popluar with the 3-12yr age group. With a passion for design and creativity, Rommie also teaches creative arts, design and idea generation to students. She is often contracted to give lectures and practical tutorials in schools and universities with different age groups and skillsets.