About the Author

Andrea Rowe had a childhood fear of jetties and was scared of falling through the cracks and into the murky depths below.

Now she’s all grown up Andrea thinks jetties are the best playground a coast kid can have, and she bravely leaps off jetties and swims beside barnacled pylons with her two adventurous kids after school.

Andrea is a writer who lives with her two kids and park ranger husband in a beach shack in the dunes on the Mornington Peninsula.

She has a BA in Media Relations and Grad Dip in Crisis and Issues Communications and she’s very good at playing scrabble.

Hannah Sommerville is a best-selling picture book illustrator who creates enchanting watercolour, guache and digital illustrations in her studio on the South Coast of NSW.

Hannah earned a Bachelor of Creative Arts (Visual Arts and Graphic Design) at the University of Wollongong in 2006, and began illustrating in 2010 after the arrival of her children.

Hannah is a storyteller who enjoys creating picture books that capture the imagination, tenderness and playfulness that surround children and family life. 

Her picture book Digby & Claude, written by Emma Allen, was selected for the CBCA 2019 Notables list.