Toni D’Alia is an Australian author of children’s books. Her debut picture book, Bees Are Our Friends (illustrated by Alice Lindstrom), was published by Bright Light / Hardie Grant in 2022. In 2023, Toni will publish her second picture book, The Easter Bunny Hop, as well as a new title in her 'Our Friends in the Garden' series, Worms Are Our Friends (both illustrated by Mimi Purnell). 

Toni writes picture books and junior fiction novels with heart and humour. Her stories explore important themes in ways that are fun and engaging. She has a background in education and loves to connect with readers and writers through writing workshops and author visits. 

Alice Lindstrom originally studied Classics and Philosophy and then moved to Sydney to complete a Bachelor of Design at the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA).

After working briefly as a theatre designer in Sydney, Alice returned to the University of Adelaide and completed a Masters of Museum Studies and a Graduate Diploma in Art History. Alice now lives in Melbourne, Australia and is an artist and freelance illustrator.

She works primarily in paper collage, using traditional cut and paste techniques, painting and preparing paper beforehand, before cutting and assembling it on watercolour paper or board to create highly detailed, intricate and textured illustrations. A Stage Full of Shakespeare Stories is her first children's book.