Anna McFarlane has worked for several publishing houses during her thirty-year career, and is currently at Allen & Unwin where she publishes books for children and young adults. Recently published books include the CBCA award-winning picture book My Friend Fred by Frances Watts and Anne Yi, award-winning middle grade novel Dragon Skin by Karen Foxlee, and the international YA bestseller Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff. She has also worked with Wai Chim, Jared Thomas, Jaclyn Moriarty, Leanne Yong, Kate J Armstrong, First Dog on the Moon, Idan Ben-Barak and Julian Frost, Jason Pamment, Anna Fienberg and Sarah Winifred Searle.