Meet award winning Australian author Aleesah Darlison.

Aleesah writes picture books, chapter books and novels. She has written over thirty-five books for children. In 2016 she set up Greenleaf Press which acts as a booking agency for school and preschool visits.

In this interview, Aleesah talks about her picture book Stripes in the Forest, the story of the thylacine, an iconic species lost.

Read Aleesah’s books to your children and share information about her writing process to inspire writing of their own.

Print the interview to display in the classroom or include in a class book about authors and illustrators.