How to Make a Bird

About Meg McKinlay

Meg McKinlay grew up in Bendigo Victoria in a book-loving TV- and car-free household. On the long and winding path to becoming a childrens writer she has worked a variety of jobs including swim instructor tour guide translator and teacher. These days she lives with her family near the ocean in Fremantle Australia and divides her time between teaching and writing a balance that swings wildly between chaos and calm. She is always busy cooking up more books and you can visit her on the web at www.megmckinlay.comMatt Ottley is an internationally acclaimed and multi-award winning artist working equally across the fields of literature visual arts and music. Matt has a plethora of published picture books to his name and his awards include the CBCA Picture Book of the Year the Queensland and NSW Premier's Awards for literature and the International IBBY Australia Illustrator Award and has been shortlisted for the Australian Prime Ministers Literary Awards. In 2014 Matt was made an Endorsed Yamaha Artist for his work as a composer. He has worked with The West Australian Symphony Orchestra on scores for many of his picture books and has had a large symphonic work recorded by the Brno Philharmonic Orchestra and the Czech Philharmonic Choir of Brno Czech Republic. His music has also been performed at the Perth International Arts Festival the Perth Fringe Festival and the Hong Kong International Literary Festival.