Shelby Matheson is an Australian author of middle-grade and YA books. Shelby has a Bachelor of Journalism and Creative and Critical Writing, and a Graduate Diploma in Editing and Publishing. She has been writing full-length novels since she was fourteen and has always known that being an author was her dream job. In her spare time, she enjoys video games, drawing, collecting books (and even reading them), but her greatest passion will always be writing and escaping to the worlds in her head.

Born in the UK, Lillian Rachel grew up in East Anglia and later moved north to Durham. She then married a US military man and spent time hopping across the pond to North America and back to Europe. Now a resident of bright and sunny California, Lillian works from her professional-grade home studio equipped with industry-best technology. Outside the booth, you'll find her volunteering in her community, hiking the mountains with friends, walking the beach with her husband and dogs, or seeking the perfect pastry.