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Lynn Champion
Lynn has been a motivational speaker and workshop leader at conferences in Australia and internationally for many years. She is well known for her practical and entertaining approach to improving business and personal relationships. She is a social anthropologist, a former Australian Executive Woman of the Year and the author of four books on business, relationships and living a high-quality life. Her most recent one is the small joy, A Beautiful Day. You can visit Lynn at lynnchampion.com.

Ann Charlton
Ann Charlton has lived most of her life in Wollongong and has travelled widely throughout Australia. Her work experience ranges from shop assistant to part owner of a small advertising business. She has won awards and written short stories, plays and children’s novels under the name of Ann C Whitehead.

Ann Clancy
Ann is a bestselling author of historical romance novels set in the Australian outback. Her work includes The Wild Colonial Girl and Rebel Girl. To learn more about her visit members.ozemail.com.au/~clancyann/

Sharon Clarke
Sharon teaches Australian literature, children's literature and creative writing. She has written a number of children's books as well as the biography of Sumner Locke Elliot, Writing Life.

Frank Coates
Born in Melbourne, Frank worked as a telecommunications engineer in Australia, Asia, and the Pacific before accepting a UN technical specialist appointment in Nairobi, Kenya, which changed his life. During his four years working and travelling throughout Africa, Frank developed a passion for its political and cultural history, and this ultimately inspired him to begin writing. He now has three published African novels: Tears of the Maasai, Beyond Mombasa, and In Search of Africa. His latest, Roar of the Lion, will be released in April 2007. Frank is now divorced and currently lives in Sydney. Visit Frank's website at footloose.com.au

Craig Cormick
Craig works as a journalist, writer and teacher. He is the author of two published non-fiction books, Kurikka's Dreaming and Unwritten Histories. The latter won the ACT Book of the Year Award in 1999.

Sandy Curtis
Sandy's fourth suspense thriller, Until Death, hits the shelves on 25 February 2004. Her first three novels, Dance with the Devil, Black Ice, and Deadly Tide, published in Australia by Pan Macmillan, have also been sold to Bastie Lubbe publishers in Germany. Sandy has also won awards for her short stories. Visit Sandy's website at sandycurtis.com

Louise Cusack
Louise's Shadow Through Time fantasy trilogy was selected as the Australian Doubleday book club 'Quest' as their Editor's Choice, coinciding with the release of the final novel Glimmer in the Maelstrom in June 2003. Louise won the International PRISM award for her first fantasy short story, she has twice been short-listed in the Australian Aurealis Awards and is the current Writer in Residence at the Qeensland Writers’ Centre. For more information on Louise and her trilogy visit her website at louisecusack.com