About Sally
Sally Rippin is a best-selling and beloved author for children with over ten million copies of her books in print around the world and translated into over sixteen languages. Her most popular series include Billie B Brown, Hey Jack! and School of Monsters and she is the co-author of The World We Can Build, with Eliza Hull, illustrated by Daniel Gray-Barnett.
Sally has also published Wild Things: How We Learn to Read and What Can Happen If We Don’t as a resource for adults wanting to better support neurodivergent and dyslexic children in the home and classroom.
Sally was named the Eighth Children’s Laureate for 2025 – 2025: the national ambassador for reading and Australian children’s literature. In this role, Sally aimed to create public awareness around learning difficulties as well as the most effective practice in teaching children to read.
Sally's advocacy work spotlights the reading challenges faced by millions of Australian children – including but not limited to discussions around neurodiversity, disability, mental health, access to books and language barriers.
More recently, Sally joined the newly formed Writing Australia Council to advise on developing national initiatives to support writers, readers and the book industry as a whole.
Currently, as well as working on new books and her council duties, Sally is working to adapt some of her work for screen.
Photo: Jason Edwards
