Shield

Rachael Craw is an award-winning author of speculative fiction for young adults, including the Spark trilogy, The Rift and 2025 release, The Lost Saint. She completed her Bachelor of Arts in Classical Studies and Drama at the University of Canterbury and a Diploma of Teaching at Christchurch College of Education. She teaches English and Drama, mentors young writers, assesses manuscripts, leads writing workshops and speaks at festivals and conferences throughout New Zealand and Australia. In her spare time she walks her dogs, hoards books and reviews fiction on social media. She lives in the South Island of New Zealand with her husband and 3 daughters where she teaches part time while working on her latest novel.

Ella Le Fournour is a Melbourne-based actor, dancer and voice artist. She received her Bachelor of Creative Arts (Drama) from Flinders University in 2019, and has since appeared on stage and screen in several short films, the web series Behind The Seams, and a number of theatre productions with State Theatre Company South Australia and Theatreworks, among others. She has narrated Big Little Truths by Liane Moriarty (2026).