Dannika Patterson is a children’s author and freelance writer with degrees in Child Psychology and Journalism. She writes stories that engage, delight and linger. Turning her talents from an international career creating content for businesses, Jacaranda Magic is her debut picture book. Dannika lives in the bayside suburb of Manly in Brisbane, Australia, with her husband and two young children.

Megan Forward is an author, illustrator and artist with a Bachelor of Visual Arts and a Graduate Diploma in Teaching specialising in Visual Art and English. As a young girl she dreamed one day of creating picture books and is thrilled to be combining this dream with a love of the natural world and the desire to share this love with children.