Tania Ingram Author

Tania Ingram is an internationally published author of children’s picture books, novels and poetry; including the rollicking Jinny and Cooper series and Aggie Flea series. She has a Master’s degree in Clinical Psychology and prior to becoming an author, worked as a child psychologist.She’s been shortlisted for the Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Award, and is a Premier’s Reading Ambassador. Tania enjoys visiting schools and attending festivals to share her love of stories and books with children. In her spare time, Tania likes to read and crochet. She’s learning to play the ukulele and often sings to her chickens who pretend to be underwhelmed by her talent. Ruth-Mary Smith is an Australian illustrator with a special love of the gentle emotions portrayed in picture books. Her style has been described as sweet, warm and whimsical. Her favourite traditional mediums are watercolour and pencil as well as producing digital illustrations. She is currently exploring collage in her illustration. She has been published in the USA, been the recipient of a mentorship award from the Australian Society of Authors and was thrilled to win an award in the CYA festival during 2020, 2021 & 2023. Currently she has published picture books with Scholastic and Larrikin Press as well as illustrating a Junior Fiction series with Yellow Brick Books.