Caz Goodwin is an Australian award-winning author who writes picture books, short stories, poetry and junior fiction. Her work has been published internationally and illustrated by Gus Gordon and Kerry Millard (Australia), Ashley King (UK), Low Joo Hong (Singapore) and others. She heads the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) in Victoria and is on the Young Australian Best Book Awards (YABBA) council. She is also an Australia Reads ambassador.
At university, Caz studied psychology, but writing has always been her passion and she now spends her time writing for children and encouraging their love of books and reading. Caz’s latest books, Lazy Daisy and Daisy Runs Wild, are fun, rhyming picture books featuring Daisy the koala. Illustrated by Ashley King, the books are published by Little Hare, an imprint of Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing. Caz is working on a new picture book series featuring a feisty kitten. The first book in the series, Little Matilda, will be released in early 2022.
