Adam Wallace is a children's writer and cartoonist. He is the author of the New York Times bestselling How to Catch series and The Holiday Heroes Save Christmas. Adam's passion is to bring excitement and energy and humour and joy to children (of all ages!) through his books and videos. Adam's books include inspiring novels – Pete McGee series, How to Draw books – Rhymes with Art series, and disgustingly hilarious books – Better Out Than In series.

Jack Wodhams (dec. 2017) is best known for his ‘problem-oriented’ science fiction stories. The Vanilla Slice Kid is his first published book for children. Jack liked fiddling with poetry, carpentry and wacky drawing. Also by Jack Wodhams: Looking for Blucher Ryn The Authentic Touch Future War (collection).

"Twelve year old Archie is born with the amazing superpower of producing and shooting cupcakes from his hands, but his horrible, uncaring and greedy parents keep him at home to take advantage of his talents for their on-line cupcake business. Eventually, however, the ‘real’ world intrudes as Archie is briefly sent off to school, before being willingly drawn into a seemingly beneficial scheme to use his powers for good. While Archie does befriend a couple of other kids with surprising superpowers, he is never quite sure who to trust or what is really going on at the secret facility run by the weird and crazily incoherent ‘General’. Wild hilarity, mayhem and madness ensue with outrageous incidents occurring at an increasingly hectic pace. Things seem to come to a reasonably satisfactory conclusion, but then the epilogue ends with a surprising twist – something is not quite right – leaving readers hooked for what might happen next. Amusingly titled cooking-themed chapter headings are relevant to the wild plot twists, and the inclusion of copious black and white drawings should ensure that this frenetic romp, with its extended competitive joke sequences, ridiculous superpowers and OTT villains, would most appeal to boys in upper primary. -Chloe Mauger, Reading Time: Children’s book news and reviews from The Children’s Book Council of Australia"