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Julie Starkey's lifetime connection with animals shifted to one of concern upon reading Peter Singer's Animal Liberation. She commenced writing as a means of expressing this concern and to increase awareness of the human involvement in animal suffering. Julie and her husband, Gary, are vegan and live on a small property at Wilmington, in rural South Australia. The Wish is Julie's second children's picture book.

Full time artist printmaker, occasional illustrator, Sandra Starkey Simon lives in the Adelaide Hills, South Australia. Her themes and passions come from close to home, people and their lives, domestic and wild animals, the flora of the bush and the preservation of the environment. Sandra illustrated Scarlet Loves to Chase, written by Julie Starkey. She also made a series of portraits for a compilation of biographical stories published by Hale & Iremonger. Sandra likes art collaboration and worked with her long time art partner Fanny Retsek on the children's picture book "The Wish" illustrating it with their poetic blend of collage and drawings.

Fanny Retsek is a professional artist. She combines printmaking with drawing, collage and stitching and often uses the multiple of print to create large-scale installations. Her work focuses on animal rights, species decline and the cohabitation of humans and animals. She exhibits internationally and her prints are included in the collections of Fine Art Museums, San Francisco, Oakland Museum of Art, and the Corcoran in Washington DC. Her work has received honors, including an award from the curator of prints and drawings at the Chicago Art Institute. Fanny has been collaborating and exhibiting with Sandra Starkey Simon since 2002. The Wish is her first children's book.