Karyn Savage is a primary school teacher who specialises in music. She has had several poems published in The School Magazine and is an active member of the Hunter CBCA Committee, a regular volunteer for the Newcastle Writers Festival and can often be found around the kid-lit scene at conferences and other events. My Pet Archie (Riveted Press, 2025) is Karyn’s debut book. She lives in Newcastle with her family.

Tamlyn is an artist, illustrator and props designer, who migrated to Australia when she was 13. In 2013, she left a corporate career to learn how stories are told through art. Tamlyn’s passion is to create works that give hope in challenging times, spark curiosity and bring individuals together by opening their eyes to truth and meaning. In 2017, she completed a Masters in Production Design at Victorian College of the Arts. Since then, Tamlyn has worked in the art department for various films and TV productions, including The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart, Territory (Netflix), Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, Peter Rabbit 2, Shang-Chi (Marvel Studios) and North Shore. Other works include co-designing and art-finishing the David Jones Christmas Windows for MacGyver Models (2017-2023) as well as freelance commissions for illustration and sculpture. She has illustrated a number of picture books, including The Other Side of the Clouds (2024, Riveted Press), designs book covers and illustrates chapter books. SoXiety is her debut as an author/illustrator and is the first in a ground-breaking collection of almost-wordless graphic novel style picture books for teens and adults, titled The Book of Kin.