How to Ditch Your Fairy

Justine Larbalestier is an award-winning author of several novels for young adults, including My Sister Rosa, How to Ditch Your Fairy, Liar, Razorhurst, and Zombies v Unicorns (with Holly Black), as well as the Magic or Madness trilogy. Magic or Madness won the 2007 Andre Norton Award and was shortlisted for the 2006 Ethel Turner Award. Larbalestier is married to YA author Scott Westerfield and they split their time between Sydney and NYC.. Together they are the authors of The Mortons, their joint adult debut, slated for publication in 2026.

The Australian actor Kate Atkinson has a Bachelor of Arts in English from Curtin University with a double major in Theatre Arts. Much admired for her role as the policewoman Karen in the TV series SeaChange, she has held roles in many other prominent Australian productions, including the TV series Kath and Kim, CrashBurn and Blue Heelers as well as the films The Jammed, Japanese Story and The Hard Word. She recently spent three and a half years in the UK, where she held guest roles in the TV series Sinchronicity and Sugar Rush, as well as the lead in the theatre production Romantic Comedy.