Maxine Beneba Clarke (Author) nMaxine Beneba Clarke is a widely published Australian writer of Afro-Caribbean descent. Maxines short fiction, non-fiction and poetry have been published in numerous publications including Overland, The Age, Meanjin, The Saturday Paper and The Big Issue. Her critically acclaimed short fiction collection Foreign Soil won the ABIA for Literary Fiction Book of the Year 2015 and the 2015 Indie Book Award for Debut Fiction, and was shortlisted for the Matt Richell Award for New Writing at the 2015 ABIAs and the 2015 Stella Prize. She was also named as one of the Sydney Morning Heralds Best Young Novelists for 2015. Maxine has published three poetry collections including Carrying the World, which won the Victorian Premiers Literary Award for Poetry 2017 and was shortlisted for the Colin Roderick Award. The Hate Race, a memoir about growing up black in Australia won the NSW Premiers Literary Award Multicultural NSW Award 2017 and was shortlisted for an ABIA, an Indie Award, the Victorian Premiers Literary Awards and Stella Prize. The Patchwork Bike, Maxines first picture book with Van T. Rudd was a CBCA Honour Book for 2017. nIsobel Knowles (Illustrator) nIsobel Knowles is a Melbourne based award-winning artist and animator. Her multidisciplinary practice spans short film, interactive installation, cross-platform performance, music, painting, photography and illustration. Her most recent achievements include winning the 2010 Premier of QLDs National New Media Art Award, being given an Award of Distinction at the 2012 Ars Electronica Festival and has published two childrens books Owl Know How and Too Much for Turtle., n, nn