Kim Kane is an award-winning Australian author who writes for children and teens. Her books include the CBCA short-listed picture book Family Forest, and her time-slip children's novel When the Lyrebird Calls. Her funny and feisty character Ginger Green is the star of two series: Ginger Green, Play Date Queen, a beloved first-reader series, and Ginger Green, a junior fiction series about getting a little bigger and new experiences.