





Alison Lester is an award-winning writer and illustrator.
Alison began illustrating children’s books about 30 years ago, resulting in her first book, Clive Eats Alligators. In 1997 her first children’s novel, The Quicksand Pony, was released, followed by The Snow Pony in 1999. Over the last ten years she has visited and worked in many remote indigenous schools and run workshops on writing and illustrating extensively across Australia.
Roland Harvey and Alison Lester discuss collaboration, research, style and subversion in the world of picture books.