Ursula Dubosarsky (Author) Ursula Dubosarskyais widely regarded as one of the most talented and original writers in Australia today. She is the author of over 40 books for children and young adults, which have won a number of national prizes, including the NSW, Victorian, South Australian and Queensland Premier's Literary Awards.a Alongside her fiction for older children, Ursula has a wonderful talent for picture books such as the highly popularaThe Terrible PlopaandaToo Many Elephants in This House, which have both been adapted as successful stage productions. She has also written the non-fiction Word Spyabooks about the English language, both of which also won major national awards. Ursula has a PhD in English literature from Macquarie University and lives in Sydney with her family. Andrew Joyner (Illustrator) Andrew Joyner is an internationally published illustrator and author. His books include The Terrible Plop, written by Ursula Dubosarsky (shortlisted for the CBCA awards and the Prime Minister's Literary Awards), and the Boris series. Boris Gets a Lizard was shortlisted for the Speech Pathology Awards and Ready, Set, Boris was a Notable book in the CBCA Awards. Recent Boris books include Boris on Show and Slow Down Boris. His picture books include Too Many Elephants in this House (with Ursula Dubosarsky) and How Big is Too Small (with Jane Godwin) and, coming soon, Blue the Builder's Dog (with Jen Storer). He lives in Strathalbyn, South Australia.