About Nick Bland
Nick Bland is one of Australia's bestselling authors and illustrators. He grew up in the Victorian bush and spent his twenties in Melbourne, where he worked in a bookshop and illustrated readers in his spare time. His first book was published in 2005. Nick is the creator of the hugely successful The Very Cranky Bear series, The Wrong Book, Walk of the Whales and author of The Runaway Hug (with Freya Blackwood). His award-winning creations have been published around the world. He lives in tropical Darwin, where he writes and illustrates full-time.
About Clarisse Bonello
Clarisse Bonello is a Melbourne-based actor, theatre-maker and voice artist. Clarisse is a graduate of La Trobe University with a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre and Drama and Media Screen and Sound; and a graduate of the Victorian College of the Arts; with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre Practice. While at VCA, Clarisse appeared in productions of Antigone, Three Sisters, Falling Petals, Caucasian Chalk Circle and she appeared in Dancing with Death for the AsiaTOPA festival. During this time Clarisse was the recipient of the 2016 Pratt Bursaries Scholarship for Excellence in Acting. Clarisse co-created and performed in Speak of the Devil as a part of Melbourne and Adelaide Fringe Festivals and has performed at La Boite Theatre in A Clockwork Orange and The Government Inspector. More recently Clarisse has appeared in Periscope Productions Disparate Scenes for Millennial Dreams and in ATOMIC for Malthouse Theatres award winning Suitcase Series Program.