
James Islington is the author of The Licanius Trilogy which has sold more than a million copies around the world. He was born in Frankston in 1981, and raised in Cranbourne South. He now lives on the Mornington Peninsula. The first book in the Hierarchy series, The Will of the Many, was published in 2023.
Eleanor Wilde loves books and gardening and spends her weekends in the hills or foraging for wildflowers in the woods. June in the Garden is her debut novel and she is working on her second, Clockwork Clementine. Eleanor lives near Edinburgh with her young family.

Gail Jones is one of Australia’s most celebrated writers. She is the author of two short-story collections and eleven novels, and her work has been translated into several languages and has received numerous literary awards. Originally from Western Australia, she now lives in Sydney.