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Commissioning Editor
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...

Key Account Manager
Ros McConville

What was your favourite book as a kid? Snugglepot & Cuddlepie. My mother had a beautiful old edition on thick blotting-type paper and as a little girl herself had coloured in the black and white pictures so meticulously that it wasn't until I was much older that I realised it wasn't a coloured edition!
What did you want to be when you grew up? I wanted to be a journalist and my ultimate goal was to be the newsreader on the ABC nightly news.

NSW Sales Manager

Julia Cain

What was your favourite book as a kid? My favourite book was Alice in Wonderland, and I drove my mother mad wanting it read to me every night before I could read it myself.
What did you want to be when you grew up? I wanted to be a go-go dancer (yes, I'm old, very 60s, Top of the Pops).

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.

Product Manager
Kirsten MacDonald
What was your favourite book as a kid? The Digging-Est Dog by Al Perkins.
What did you want to be when you grew up? I wanted to be Madonna and an Olympic canoeist (I am sorry to say this is the truth!)

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 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
Shaunagh O'Connor

What was your favourite book as a kid?Matilda’s Own Special Plate by Modwena Sedgwick. I still own my childhood copy and it has moved house about a billion times with me.
What did you want to be when you grew up? There was the linguist stage, the world-famous lyricist stage (despite never having any music lessons), the air traffic controller stage, the share trader stage (that one lasted around six hours), and the teacher stage.

Editor
Marisa Pintado
What was your favourite book as a kid? My mothers 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.