Lisa Nicol is an internationally published, award-winning writer and sometimes documentary-maker. Her feature 'Wide Open Sky' about a children’s choir won the Audience Award for Best Documentary at the Sydney Film Festival. Her charming and funny novel Dr Boogaloo and The Girl Who Lost Her Laughter was a CBCA Notable, Shenzhen Reading Month, Top Ten Children's Books of the Year 2021 and is currently being adapted for the stage and screen. Her hugely popular novel Vincent and The Grandest Hotel on Earth has drawn comparisons to Roald Dahl and Kate DiCamillo and been described as a modern classic. Her other works include The What on Earth Institute of Wonder, The Adventures of Pongo and Stink and the soon to be released picture book The Better Machine illustrated by Michel Streich.