Libby Hathorn is an Australian award-winning author and poet of more than 80 books for children and young people. Her picture books have been translated into several languages and adapted for stage and screen, and have won awards in Australia, United States, Great Britain and Holland. She is the recipient of The Lady Cutler Award 2020 for distinguished services to Australian children’s literature. Among other awards, Libby was recipient of a Centenary Medal 2003 for her work in children’s literature. In 1994, her picture book Way Home was the winner of the Kate Greenaway Award for illustrations by Greg Rogers.