Brave in Every Which Way

‘A true delight for families or classrooms’. - Books+Publishing‘Parents and teachers will find this a useful teaching and learning tool when talking with children about resilience and courage in everyday life’. - StoryLinks‘This is a really beautiful book to start the school year’. - Your Kids Next Read‘Very inspirational for kids who suffer from anxiety’. - Child Mags‘Engaging, educational, inclusive and kind.’ * Magpies Magazine *

Maddy Mara is the pen name of Melbourne-based creative duo Hilary Rogers and Meredith Badger. Hilary and Meredith have been collaborating on children’s books for nearly two decades. Hilary is an author and former publishing director; Meredith is the author of countless books for kids and young adults, and teaches English as a foreign language. Maddy Mara is the melding of their respective daughters’ names.

Born and raised in London, Ontario, taking inspiration from the nature that surrounds her home, Lauren uses light and shadow to capture different atmospheres, and aims to make the common look almost otherworldly. Lauren has a passion for children’s books and she uses pencil, watercolour, and pencil crayon, and enjoys employing reductive drawing techniques to achieve a hazy and dreamlike look.