Planting mangroves in Kiribati, speaking to audiences in Istanbul, reaching indigenous children in the Outback, Susanne Gervay spreads hope through her writing. Awarded an OAM awarded the Social Justice Literature Award by International Literacy Association she reaches into the great issues of our time - feminism with Shadows of Olive Trees, disability Butterflies, harmony Elephants Have Wings, bullying I Am Jack books, vision The Boy in the Big Blue Glasses, Heroes of the Secret Underground championing young people, The Edge of Limits on consent, inclusion for young readers Parrot Palace. Her significant picture book Guess How I Was Born opens acceptance of ALL families being important however they are made. Her stories published in the major literary journals include Southerly, Quadrant, Westerly and the Indian-Australian anthologies together with Sir Salman Rushdie, Kate Grenville and Rosie Scott. She co-heads the Society of Children’s Writers & Illustrators and is literacy ambassador for many organisations. sgervay.com