Stephen Measday

Stephen Measday has written fifteen books and three stage plays and is an award-winning scriptwriter. His awards include an Australian Writers' Guild (AWGIE) award for the original ABC radio drama 'Partners', and a United Nations Media Peace Award for an episode of 'A Country Practice'. Recent television work has included script editing the Nine Network children's series 'Hi-5', which was nominated for US Emmy Awards in both 2005 and 2006.

In publishing, Stephen's most recent novel is 'Leaper Lane: Rugby League Rookie'. 'A Pig Called Francis Bacon' and 'The News They Didn't Use' have both been listed as Notable Books by the Children's Book Council of Australia.