Maryam Master is a playwright and author who loves creating stories for young people. She has adapted four of David Walliams's books for the stage, including Mr Stink and Ratburger‚ as well as Oliver Jeffers' The Incredible Book Eating Boy, all of which premiered at the Sydney Opera House and toured across Australia. She also collaborated with Australian Children's Laureate Leigh Hobbs on Horrible Harriet: Live on Stage.

Maryam began her career in TV, writing for shows like Home and Away, Blinky Bill and the Jim Henson Company's Bambaloo. She was selected by Sesame Workshop as the writer for Elmo's tour of Australia. Maryam's first novel, Exit Through the Gift Shop, was shortlisted for the Prime Minister's Literary Awards, and both the CBCA and ABIA Book of the Year awards. Her second novel, No Words, won the 2023 Readings Children's Prize and the Children's Peace Literature Award.

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