Following is a list to help teachers and librarians locate suitable authors and/or illustrators. Most of the authors/illustrators listed are willing to travel, but it should be assumed travel costs need to be borne by the inviting school. Sometimes, especially for regional schools, librarians might find it more cost effective to share these additional costs with neighbouring schools by both inviting the author at a similar time of year. 

Each author is different and can offer different styles and types of visits (eg. some do workshops, others prefer presentations, some do a mixture). It’s important for schools to contact an author directly to learn what is on offer in terms of a visit and whether that matches with the needs of the school. Contact and website information, for further details, are listed for each author/illustrator included.

The list is potentially also of interest to librarians seeking to acquire books written by Christian authors for their libraries.

Australian Christian Children’s Writers and Illustrators available for Author Visits – list current September 2016

Tim Harris – author

Writes: junior fiction, humorous short stories
Comfortable presenting to: primary students, lower high school
Location: NSW
Willing to travel: Yes
Contact and further information: www.timharrisbooks.com
Bookings: The Children’s Bookshop Speakers’ Agency – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (NSW),
Booked Out - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (rest of Australia)

Karen Collum - author
Writes: picture books
Comfortable presenting to: both primary and high school students
Location: QLD
Willing to travel? Yes
Contact and further information: www.karencollum.com.au

Heidi Goh – author/illustrator
Writes/illustrates: picture books, poetry, fiction, YA
Comfortable presenting to: early childhood, primary and high school students
Location: NSW
Willing to travel? Yes
Contact and further information: https://m.facebook.com/heidigoh.author/

Anne Hamilton - author
Writes: picture books, middle grade, YA
Comfortable presenting to: primary and lower high school students
Location: QLD
Willing to travel? Yes
Further information: http://www.wombatbooks.com.au/authors/our-authors/anne-hamilton
Contact via: phone Wombat Books: (07) 3245 1938

Rosanne Hawke – author
Writes: picture books, junior fiction, middle grade, YA
Comfortable presenting to: primary and high school students
Location: SA
Willing to travel? Yes
Further information: www.rosannehawke.com
Bookings: email Carole Carroll, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Elizabeth Klein – author
Writes: middle grades and YA
Comfortable presenting to: primary and high school students
Location: various (currently caravanning)
Willing to travel? Yes
Contact and further information: http://bethloria.com.au/

Penny Morrison – author
Writes: picture books
Comfortable presenting to: early childhood and primary school students
Location: NSW
Willing to travel? Yes
Contact and further information: www.pennymorrison.net

Jemima Nichols (Trappel) - illustrator
Illustrates: comics, picture books, junior fiction, non-fiction
Comfortable presenting to: early childhood, primary and high school students
Location: NSW
Willing to travel? Yes, within 2 hours of Sydney.
Contact via: email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Further information: http://jemimatrappel.blogspot.com.au/

Cecily Paterson - author
Writes: middle grade, early YA
Comfortable presenting to: both primary and high school students
Location: NSW
Willing to travel? Yes
Contact and further information: www.cecilypaterson.com

Penny Reeve - author
Writes: picture books, non-fiction, junior fiction, YA
Comfortable presenting to: early childhood, primary and high school students
Location: NSW
Willing to travel? Yes
Contact and further information: www.pennyreeve.com

Katrina Roe - author
Writer: picture books, journalism and jadio
Comfortable presenting to: early childhood, primary and high school students
Location: NSW
Willing to travel? Yes
Contact and further information: www.katrinaroe.com

Lynne Stringer - author
Writes: YA
Comfortable presenting to: high school students
Location: QLD
Willing to travel? Yes, within an hour of Brisbane.
Contact and more information: http://www.lynnestringer.com

Debra Tidball – author
Writes: picture books
Comfortable presenting to: early childhood and primary school students
Location: NSW
Willing to travel? within Sydney
Contact and further information: http://www.debratidball.com/

Kristen Young - author
Writes: YA fiction and non-fiction
Comfortable presenting to: both primary and high school students
Location: NSW
Willing to travel? Yes, within NSW.
Contact and further information: www.krisyoungwrites.com