Astred is an Australian book designer and illustrator whose distinctive work for a number of Australian and International publishing houses covers fiction, non-fiction and educational, with a special emphasis on young adult fiction and children’s non-fiction. 

Astred has won a number of book design awards during her 15 year career in publishing. Recently she has been shortlisted for five Australian Book Design Awards and her illustration work has a number of shortlistings including the Children’s Book Council of Australia Eve Pownall Award 2020 and the Wildlife Society's Environmental Award for Children's Literature 2020. So far, her count for 2020 is 10 award nominations.

She has lectured in graphic design and was the lead author of the popular text for tertiary students, ‘Graphic design {Australian style manual}’. She is the current Vice President of the Australian Book Designers Association (ABDA). 

Mark is Head of Design at HarperCollins Publishers ANZ, where he runs the award-winning HarperCollins Design Studio. Over the past fifteen years he has worked in design and project management across theatre, film, television, events, animation and publishing, on productions like Alien: Covenant, Wolverine and The Pacific, and for companies like Bazmark Inq., Animal Logic, Hardie Grant Books and Bangarra Dance Theatre. Mark has also been a guest speaker for UTS, RMIT, AGDA, the Emerging Writer's Festival and the Melbourne Writer’s Festival, and is a past President of the Australian Book Designers Association (ABDA).