Trace Balla works as a children’s book author and illustrator; winner of the Children’s Book Council of Australia Children’s Book of the Year: Early Readers award, the Wilderness Society Picture Book Award and the Readings Children’s Book Prize. Trace also works as an illustrator, inspirational speaker and workshop facilitator, and is a favorite amongst kids and adults alike. Through her workshops she has visited hundreds of schools in person and on line and found what works to foster a love of creative literacy.