Deborah Abela is an award-winning author. Her awards include the USBBY Outstanding International Book Award, Aurealis Award and Speech Pathology Award and the Maurice Saxby Award for service to children's literature. She is also a Room to Read author advocate. Her titles include the Max Remy series, Bear in Space and The Book of Wondrous Possibilities . Marina Verola is a children's illustrator, whose work includes picture books Meowster Chef and the My EPIC Dad! series.