Rachel Flynn taught in primary schools in Melbourne before having two children. Since then she has written many books for children, studied for two degrees and currently teaches writing at TAFE and university level. She is best known for her hugely successful I Hate Fridays series and picture books like My Mummy and Me, My Daddy and Me and their companion books (illustrated by Craig Smith). Many of her books are listed on the various State Premiers' Reading Challenge booklists, and she has featured in numerous 'children's choice' awards. Rachel's picture books and junior fiction stories have been illustrated by some of Australia's finest illustrators. Rachel lives in Melbourne, Victoria. Craig Smith is one of Australia's most prolific, popular and award-winning illustrators of children's books. He began illustrating in 1976 and his first book was Christobel Mattingley's Black Dog followed soon after by Geoffrey Dutton's The Prowler. His witty and humorous artwork combines a wonderful sense of the absurd with a fine attention to detail. He has illustrated over 370 picture books, junior novels and educational readers. Some of his many picture books include Where's Mum? (CBCA Honour Book), Billy the Punk (CBCA Shortlisted Book), Bob the Builder and the Elves and Sister Madge's Book of Nuns. He is also the author/illustrator of a book about a notorious local cat, Remarkably Rexy. Craig lives in Melbourne.