Sally Rippin is a best-selling and beloved author for children with over ten million copies of her books sold around the world and translated into over sixteen languages. Her most popular series include Billie B Brown, Hey Jack! and School of Monsters and she is the co-author of The World We Can Build, with Eliza Hull, illustrated by Daniel Gray-Barnett. Sally has also published Wild Things: How We Learn to Read and What Can Happen If We Don’t as a resource for adults wanting to better support neurodivergent and dyslexic children in the home and classroom. She was named the Eighth Children’s Laureate for 2024 – 2025: the national ambassador for reading and Australian children’s literature. In this role, Sally aimed to create public awareness around learning difficulties as well as the most effective practice in teaching children to read.
