Dylan Alcott #2: Fair Game

Nahum Ziersch is an illustrator and sports designer living in Adelaide, South Australia. He has illustrated and designed numerous covers and internal art for junior novels, readers and educational projects. A highlight from the many books he has illustrated is a series for NBA star Patty Mills called Game Day. Nahum has also worked extensively in the TV and Film landscape as a storyboard artist and in the gaming world. His love of sport has also inspired him to design professional sports logos, team wear and mascots for major national teams, along with designing the 2007 FINA Swimming Championships mascot.

Fiona Regan lives in Naarm, Melbourne and spends lots of time reading with her kids. She's been writing stories since she was very young but as a grown-up she mostly told stories through emails and project plans in a range of different jobs. She studied writing and editing and has worked as an editor on several kids series. Her most recent studies were in sustainability, leading to her current work with food relief groups. Fiona also helps to run a toy library, so her house is well stocked with things to play with and read.

Dylan Alcott OAM is an Australian Paralympic gold medallist in two sports – wheelchair basketball and wheelchair tennis. He is also a radio host, television personality, keynote presenter and motivational speaker, entrepreneur, music festival owner and philanthropist. Dylan has competed in three Paralympics, winning gold and silver for wheelchair basketball in 2008 and 2012, and two gold medals at the Rio Paralympics in 2016 for wheelchair tennis. The current world No 1 in wheelchair tennis, Dylan has won nine Grand Slam singles tournaments, including two US Opens, five Australian Opens, and Wimbledon and the French Open in 2019. In 2017, he founded the Dylan Alcott Foundation, which focuses on helping young Australians who feel marginalised because of their disability fulfil their potential and achieve their dreams.