Matt Shanks is an internationally-published and critically-acclaimed author/illustrator of over fifteen picture books. These include Rosie the Rhinoceros, written by Australian rock legend Jimmy Barnes and Eric the Postie and Queen Celine which were both awarded Notables by the CBCA for Picture Book of The Year. Matt is a two-time fellow of the May Gibbs’ Children’s Literature Trust, co-editor of Words Like This, and works primarily in watercolour. He lives in Melbourne, Victoria, with his partner and cat.