Emma Cracknell is an award-winning children’s illustrator based in Rosevale, Queensland, where she lives on a picturesque farm with her family. She is a self-taught artist who combines traditional media with digital tools like Procreate and Photoshop to create her work. Her debut picture book, "Is this your egg?", written by Ella Kris, was selected for the First 5 Forever Stories for Little Queenslanders series and went on to win a national award in 2021 - Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year.