85 High Street l Prahran l Victoria 3181 l Australia
(Private Bag 1600 l South Yarra l Victoria 3141 l Australia)
Tel: +61 3 8520 6444 Fax: +61 3 8520 6422
Email: info@hardiegrantegmont.com.au

Contacts:

For all inquiries regarding sales, marketing, publicity and promotional opportunities, contact Kate Brown

For rights enquiries please contact charlottebodman@hardiegrant.com.au

Hardie Grant Egmont is not currently accepting unsolicited submissions. All submissions sent in 2009 will be processed and receive a response in due course. Any submissions sent after this will not be considered until further notice.

We thank you for your interest in Hardie Grant Egmont, and we wish you well placing your manuscript elsewhere.

Publisher
Hilary Rogers

What was your favourite book as a kid? The Porcelain Man by Richard Kennedy & Marckia Sewall. The notion of growing 'pale and dreamy from too much obedience' seemed hysterical to me.

What did you want to be when you grew up? Famous! I suspected something along the lines of starring in Dynasty - I had the tantrums down pat, just needed to work on the cheekbones and shoulder pads...

Sales & Marketing Manager
Natasha Besliev

What was your favourite book as a kid? I had many favourite books as a kid - was very rarely without a book in hand! One of my favourites that I've just remembered was an early reader called Chilly Billy about a little man who lived in the fridge. It was his job to turn the light on and off when people opened the door, but he got up to a lot of mischief among the fruit and dairy when he wasn't on duty!

What did you want to be when you grew up? When I was a little girl I changed my mind about what I wanted to be when I grew up constantly! I wanted to be a dancer, a gymnast, a karate kid, a lawyer, an actress, a journalist. The list grew each year I discovered a new profession!

Key Account Manager
Shaun Arthurson

What was your favourite book as a kid? The Witches by Roald Dahl. I went through a phase of addiction to Roald Dahl, in between Goosebumps books and Paul Jennings. When 'The Witches' movie launched, I was a little scared by Anjelica Huston and her evil ways! 'The BFG' was another favourite

What did you want to be when you grew up? A Fireman....because that's what my dad is so it was the only career path I saw possible! Later in life, mydream was to become a vet because I liked the neighbors dog. Somehow I ended up in publishing!

New Zealand Sales and Marketing Manager
Rachael Bethwaite

What was your favourite book as a kid? We lived on a farm and my brother and I were read to by the lady who owned the farm, she was a surrogate grandmother really. She read to us from a very early age the Stories of Christopher Robin by AA Milne. So these were the favourites as well as Dr Seuss' Cat in the Hat. Apparently I wanted this read to me all the time, over and over.

What did you want to be when you grew up? A chef. Not sure where this came from as my parents were not very good cooks. This was a goal all through my childhood, right through to the age of 16 where I even tried to get into the armed forces, more so Navy but changed my mind once I learnt about the training I had to do and decided no thanks. Today, I'm not really that much of a cook to be honest.

New Zealand Publicity and Promotions Manager
Belinda Kerr

What was your favourite book as a kid? Coming from a family of book lovers, books were a big part of my childhood, so it’s too hard to just pick one! I loved picture books especially Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans, Richard Scarry’s What Do People Do All Day?, The Red Balloon by Albert Lamorisse, AA Milne’s Now We Are Six and When We Were Very Young and Mona Anderson’s Home is the High Country (NZ). Also anything by Roald Dahl, Astrid Lindgren (Pippi Longstocking), Gerald Durrell or Laura Ingalls Wilder, see what I mean, too many to choose from!

What did you want to be when you grew up? I think a nurse or a teacher.

Product Manager
Kimberley McClure

What was your favourite book as a kid? When we were little my sister and I loved to read Possum Magic by Mem Fox over and over. When we were older it was all about the Babysitter's Club books. I had the biggest crush on Logan and I always wanted to be like Claudia because she had a phone in her room which was so cool.

What did you want to be when you grew up?A writer. It seemed like such a glamorous occupation and I thought it would be pretty easy - after all I had already written a book. It was called Lucy and the Lollipop Factory and it was basically the story of Charlie & the Chocolate Factory with a few details changed. Then I learned about plagiarism and decided maybe I didn't want to be a writer after all.

Sales/Product Co-ordinator
Amanda Rae

What was your favourite book as a kid? I honestly can’t remember having a favorite book but I do remember reading Enid Blyton’s Wishing Chair and Spot the Dog books.

What did you want to be when you grew up? I wanted to be either a vet or a nurse (although that was never going to come to fruition as I hate the sight of blood!)

Marketing and Promotions Co-ordinator
Jennifer Kean

What was your favourite book as a kid? I loved Roald Dahl. I read and re-read all of his books, but my favourite one was The B.F.G. (I can still remember how exciting it was to reach the page that revealed this stood for The Big Friendly Giant).

What did you want to be when you grew up? For the longest time I was obsessed with being a journalist - just like Lois Lane! I don't know if this was because my favourite subject was English and I enjoyed writing stories or if I wanted to fall in love with Superman!

Senior Editor
Marisa Pintado

What was your favourite book as a kid? My mother's big blue Family Circle childhood ailments guide. I used to curl up with it and compare my rashes and scratches and bruises to the ones in the pages – it probably gave me a solid understanding of everything that could go wrong with my skin. My mother cleaned out her bookshelves last year and tried to throw it out, but I saved it for my own kids to read one day.

What did you want to be when you grew up? A scientist, because I always thought I’d look prettier and smarter with glasses (I still do). Plus, a long white coat is a glamorous thing.

Senior Editor
Alice Barker

What was your favourite book as a kid?I had so many favourite books as a child. My most-cherished picture books were the Frances series, about a small badger who liked drinking milk before bedtime. I also loved the Clifford the big red dog books, Frog and Toad, and a book called ‘The Story of Imelda who was small'. She was so small that she slept in a shoe-box and had to eat spaghetti and beans (‘long’ foods) in the hope that she’d grow! And I loved anything by Richard Scarry. As I got older, the stand-out books were the classic Blyton Faraway Tree series, ‘Bridge to Terabithia’, and the Emily series by L.M. Montgomery. I was always in love with Teddy Kent – the hero of the series.

What did you want to be when you grew up?I haven’t strayed too far from my childhood ambitions of what I wanted to be when I grew up. I went through stages of what I wanted to be, but it was always along the lines of teacher or librarian or academic in history or someone who worked in P.R. My sister always wanted to be a fighter pilot (but ended up being a lawyer) and I always wished I wanted to become something equally as exciting and glamorous!

Sales and Marketing Assistant
Kate Brown

What was your favourite book as a kid? I absolutely adored Cautionary Verses by Hilaire Bellock. I still have vivid memories of what happened to Matilda who slammed doors, and the little boy who ran away at the zoo!

What did you want to be when you grew up? I fluctuated between astronaut, doctor, broadway actor (I believed I was born to be on the stage) and the person who does the teletyping for live shows. I still maintain a high level of respect for him/her.

Editor
Karri Hedge

What was your favourite book as a kid? When I was really little I liked The Going To Bed Book. I still love the fact that ‘when the moon is on the rise, they go upstairs to exercise,’ as though this is part of everyone’s normal bedtime routine. I’m sure this book is to blame for my obsession with consistent metre in rhyming poetry.

As I got older I loved Roald Dahl, in particular The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, both of which involve enormous quantities of the confectionary of my dreams. Mr. Dahl has a lot to answer for in terms of my high dessert tolerance to this day.

What did you want to be when you grew up? I wanted to be a princess when I grew up, and I was quite upset when I realised people usually had to be born into royalty. I still hold out vague hope that the heir to an obscure European kingdom will sweep me off my feet one day.