Authors and Artists

Ron Davidson was born into a Perth newspaper family and served his time as a journalist. He failed first-year English at the University of Western Australia three times before giving up and taking a psychology degree. Ron lectured in psychology fo... Full profile

Richard Davis was born and educated in Melbourne. His other works include Anna Bishop: The Adventures of an Intrepid Prima Donna and The Ghost Guide to Australia. Full profile

Jon Davison is a leading aviation photographer specialising in air-to-air imagery. His work appears in books, magazines and websites. Jon spent nearly 20 years as a travel photographer illustrating over 100 guides for Berlitz, Fodors, AA Guides, I... Full profile

Hanifa Deen is a Western Australian writer of Pakistani ancestry. She is a great believer in women reinventing themselves and her career has spanned teaching, research, the public service, the media and – in what she calls the final leg of h... Full profile

Zoe Deleuil was born in Perth and studied Communications at Murdoch University. She moved to London in her twenties, working as a magazine subeditor for the BBC, before completing her master’s in Creative Writing at Bath Spa University. Zoe ... Full profile

Neil Delmage and his wife Jenny have been designing and building beautiful gardens for over twenty years. They work on projects ranging from tiny courtyard spaces to sprawling rural properties and everything in between, including commercial garden... Full profile

Jenny Delmage and her husband Neil have been designing and building beautiful gardens for over twenty years. They work on projects ranging from tiny courtyard spaces to sprawling rural properties and everything in between, including commercial gar... Full profile

Ruth de Vos’s illustration work has grown out of a career as an internationally recognised textile artist. Ruth combines traditional (pencil, gouache, collage, screen-printing) and digital techniques to create fun scenes and worlds. Ruth&rsq... Full profile

Born in 1885, Londoner Harry Dickason was a Petty Officer of the Royal Navy when he joined Captain Scott’s expedition as Able Seaman. He served with the Northern Party, a group of six men led by Victor Campbell that spent two winters at... Full profile

Madelaine Dickie has been writing since she was seven. Her first novel, Troppo, was published by Fremantle Press in 2016. It won the City of Fremantle T.A.G. Hungerford Award and was shortlisted for the Dobbie Literary Award and Barbara Jefferis A... Full profile

Peter Docker was born in 1964 in Narrogin, WA, the son of a motor mechanic, and grew up on remote Lort River Station, Coomalbidgup. He studied creative writing at Curtin University, receiving a BA (English) in 1987, and acting at The Victorian Col... Full profile

Jon Doust was born in Bridgetown into a farming/retailing family and worked in both until he was old enough to know better. He should have done well in school and studied law but he found himself without the necessary marks, and working in a bank.... Full profile

Robert Drewe was born in Melbourne and grew up in Perth. His novels and short stories have been widely translated, won many national and international prizes and been adapted for film, television, radio and the theatre. His memoir The Shark Net wa... Full profile

Michele Drouart was born in Sydney. She lived overseas for several years before returning to Australia where she settled in Perth. Her memoir Into the Wadi, a winner of the WA Premier’s Book Award, tells of the year she spent in a Musli... Full profile

Sarah Drummond has completed a PhD in history from Murdoch University. She has had essays and short fiction published in Purple Prose, Shadow Plays: an anthology of speculative fiction, Short Stories Australia, indigo journal, The Best A... Full profile

Pat Dudgeon was born in Darwin in 1959 and is descended from the Beniol Bardi people from north of Broome. Pat came to Perth to study psychology and, after graduation, joined the Centre for Aboriginal Studies at Curtin University as a lecturer. Sh... Full profile

Laura Dudgeon was born in Darwin in 1993. She is descended from the Beniol Bardi people from north of Broome. Lilli and her Shadow is based on her own experience of moving to a new place. Full profile

Sabrina Dudgeon-Swift is descended from the Bardi people from north of Broome, and the Gija people in the East Kimberley. Sabrina grew up in Darwin, but now lives in Perth and works for the School of Indigenous Studies at The Univer... Full profile

Marion Duke studied at the West Australian School of Art and Design and has worked as a book designer and illustrator. Full profile

Pat Dundas is a well-known botanical illustrator who specialises in Orchids. Full profile