In the Rockpool

About the author

Andrea Rowe is a children’s author, a writer of short stories and late night book reader. She lives in the sand dunes of the Mornington Peninsula, where her writing days are fuelled by a secret stash of Cherry Ripes. Her debut picture book, Jetty Jumping, was the winner of CBCA Early Childhood Book of the Year award in 2022. Her second picture book, Sunday Skating, was published to much acclaim in 2023.

Hannah Sommerville is a best-selling picture book illustrator who creates enchanting watercolour, gouache and digital illustrations in her studio on the South Coast of New South Wales. Hannah earned a Bachelor of Creative Arts at the University of Wollongong in 2006, and began illustrating in 2010 after the arrival of her young children. Hannah is a storyteller who enjoys creating picture books that capture the imagination, tenderness and playfulness that surround children and family life. Her picture book Jetty Jumping, written by Andrea Rowe, won Early Childhood Book of the Year at the 2022 Children's Book Council of Australia awards.