Libby Hathorn is an established childrens writer of more than 80 works for children, with many awards and commendations in Australia and internationally. Her works have been adapted to stage, screen and opera. Libby has several CBCA awards; was awarded an AWGIE for the libretto of her picturebook Grandmas Shoes; and the Lady Cutler Award 2020 for services to Australian Childrens Literature. Her most recent book, No Never, written with daughter Lisa Hathorn-Jarman, won the 2021 CBCA Picture Book of the Year Award (Early Readers). Poetry has been a mainstay of her life and work, so composing a picture book text, to her, is much like writing a poem.