Authors: P-R

Alex Palmer
Alex Palmer (aka Margaret Innes) is a Canberra-based novelist who took up writing full time when she was made redundant from the Australian Public Service.  With Blood Redemption, she won the Ned Kelly Award for Best First Crime Novel, and shared the Sisters in Crime Davitt Award for best crime novel by a woman with Gabrielle Lord.  She is currently completing her third novel, The Labyrinth of Drowning.

Josephine Pennicott
Josephine is a fantasy author with three dark fantasy novels published by Simon & Schuster: Circle Of Nine, Bride Of The Stone, and A Fire In The Shell, the latter shortlisted for the Aurealis Awards for Horror Writing. She has also published several short stories in the crime genre and won two literary awards for crime writing -- The Scarlet Stiletto (2001) for Birthing The Demons and the Kerry Greenwood Domestic Malice Prize for Hail Mary (2003) and Tadpole (2004). To learn more about Josephine and her books visit her website at josephinepennicott.com

Kevin Perkins
Kevin has proved himself one of Australia's best journalists, writers and biographers. He is author of several best-selling books, including biographies of famous English bodyline bowler Harold Larwood, Prime Minister Sir Robert Menzies, The Gambling Man Big Bill Waterhouse, legendary trainer Tommy Smith, and woman in a man's world, Gai Waterhouse and notorious private eye Tim Bristow. Website: thegamblingman.com.au

Peter Phelps
Peter is a former soapie star and award-winning actor. Sex Without Madonna: True Confession of a Hired Gun in Tinseltown is his story of leaving home to make it big in Hollywood.

Estelle Pinney
Wartime Brisbane made a deep impression on Estelle, where she worked as a photographic colourist, munitions worker, ambulance driver and nurse. Twenty years later she found herself on M. V. Ocean Spray co-authoring the historical novel, Too Many Spears with her husband. She has since written her debut novel set in wartime Brisbane, Time Out for Living.

Emma Quay
Illustrator Emma Quay (pronounced "kway") grew up in a village near Cambridge, England. Emma's illustrative work is represented in The Victoria and Albert Museum's permanent collection of prints and drawings. Since moving to Sydney in 1993, Emma has made her mark on the Australian children's picture book scene with her illustrations for the bestselling Good Night, Me by Andrew Daddo, Daddy's Having a Horse and the CBCA shortlisted Bear and Chook by Lisa Shanahan and Thank You for My Yukky Present by Meredith Hooper. Emma both wrote and illustrated the popular Reggie and Lu (and the same to you!) and she has again collaborated with Meredith Hooper on her most recent picture book title, Emily and Alfie, which is set in Antarctica and stars two Emperor penguin chicks. Visit Emma's website at: emmaquay.com

Anne McCullagh Rennie
Anne McCullagh Rennie is one of Australia's internationally bestselling award winning authors. Her first novel Reach for the Dream, became an instant best-seller, quickly followed by Ride with the Wind, Song of the Bellbirds and When the Snowgums Dance. You can call me Ellie, Anne’s own family’s story of love and determination, won the 2005 SASSY Award for ‘Strength of Spirit’. Reach for the Dream and Song of the Bellbirds went into the bestseller lists in Germany and Switzerland (October 2005). After conquering crippling arthritis Anne wrote Pain-Free Living, a cookbook for arthritis sufferers, helping other sufferers worldwide. Anne was featured in ABC TV Australian Story (Flying High, April 2001) Her novels have been described as ‘pacy, spirited and moving’, You can call me Ellie ‘inspirational, educational and a great read’. Anne is currently working on her fifth novel. Visit Anne at: annerennie.com

Cameron Rogers
Cameron is a horror writer whose book The Music of Razors received two Aurealis Award nominations for Best Fantasy Novel and Best Horror Novel in 2001. Visit Cameron's website at cameron-rogers.com

Andrienne Ryan
Adrienne is married to former New South Wales Police Commissioner Peter Ryan. A Silent Love is her first book.