Deborah worked for Education Queensland for thirty years. During this period she was a classroom teacher, consultant, policy writer, cluster workshop provider and acted as an administrator on a number of occasions. Deborah became an English Language Arts consultant. She also was involved in trailing and conducting FLIP courses (Further Literacy In-service Program). Deborah has written a number of books on handwriting and Naplan practice tests, also online lessons for the Learning Place. She has also been a Naplan writing-task marker. After working for Education Queensland, Deborah continued to work with students in the capacity as a private tutor.

Susan Taylor has worked as a primary school teacher for twenty-five years and is still currently teaching part-time. She also lectures and runs tutorials at university for pre-service early childhood, primary and high school teachers. Language, literacy and literature are her specialty subjects. Susan has a Masters Degree in Children’s Literature as well as a Diploma in Book Editing and Publishing. She has worked as an editor for both fiction and non-fiction publications. Susan has also worked on a research project on the role of multiliteracies in classroom learning.