Kate Talbot is an Australian-born, New Zealand-based children's book writer and illustrator. She began her writing career at the age of eight, with a reinterpretation of Little Red Riding Hood… which promptly landed her in lunchtime detention for its cheeky nature. The reprimand ignited a love for tongue-in-cheek humour, which she now strives to infuse in all her stories. Ever inspired by her two dragon-loving children, Kate works digitally and loves to create rambunctious characters and images flooded with colour. She is passionate about instilling a love for stories and storytelling in younger people and hopes to nurture life-long readers and artists through her quirky characters and vibrant illustrations.