Shower Land 1: Break the Curse

Nat Amoore

Nat Amoore is a Sydney-based children’s author whose debut novel, Secrets of a Schoolyard Millionaire, was published in 2019. It achieved significant success, becoming both Dymocks and QBD’s ‘Kids Book Of The Month’, and was Australia’s #1 bestselling debut Aussie children’s fiction in 2019. The book has since been sold into the UK, US, Italy, China, Estonia, and Romania.

Her second novel, The Power of Positive Pranking (2020), was shortlisted for the 2021 Readings Children’s Book Prize and the REAL Children’s Choice Book Awards, and won the Environment Award for Children’s Literature. The Right Way to Rock, the final book in Nat’s trilogy about the children of Watterson Primary, was released in June 2021 and was recognized as a CBCA Notable book.

In 2021, Nat wrote a 5-part fiction podcast series called Project ARI for Nova Entertainment and the Australian Government as part of the #StopItAtTheStart campaign. Project ARI won Best Branded Podcast at the 2021 Australian Podcast Awards and received an ACRA in 2022.

We Run Tomorrow, written by Nat and featuring graphic novel-style illustrations by Australian illustrator Mike Barry, was published in 2022 and also became a CBCA Notable book.

The first three books in Nat’s humorous junior fiction Shower Land series, illustrated by James Hart, were published in 2024. Her laugh-out-loud picture book I Don’t Need A Little Brother, illustrated by Nathaniel Eckstrom, is set for publication in 2025.

James Hart

James Hart grew up with a passion for comics, cartoons, and drawing, which he transformed into a full-time career as an illustrator after completing his studies. He has worked on toy designs, animations, and books for numerous clients and publishers worldwide. His projects include the popular animated series The Day My Butt Went Psycho, the award-winning You Choose series, the CBCA-notable Mr Bambuckle’s Remarkables series, the thrilling Mysterious World of Cosentino series, the young adventure series D-Bot Squad, and many titles with author Adam Wallace, including the Cowboy and Birdbrain series, which James illustrated and co-created.

James also illustrated the 2018 Premiers’ Reading Challenge posters in Victoria. He has since written and illustrated the hilarious and flamboyant action-packed graphic novel series, Super Geeks.

Outside of his illustration work, James enjoys spending time with his family, watching movies and cartoons, listening to music, gardening, reading, and writing.

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