Tania Ingram

Tania Ingram is an internationally published author who writes books for children, including the magical Jinny and Cooper Series, the bestselling Aggie Flea books and the heartfelt mid-grade novel, The Other Shadow. Her work has been shortlisted for an Australian Speech Pathology Book of the Year Award and has earned a Notable Listing in the Children's Book Council of Australia awards.

Prior to becoming an author, she was a child psychologist, specialising in brain injury and adolescent mental health. Tania has sat on the SCBWI SA committee, acted as a peer assessor on the literature panel for Arts South Australia’s grants program, and is an active ambassador for the Premier’s Reading Challenge. When not writing, Tania enjoys sharing her knowledge and love of books through school visits, workshops and festivals. In her spare time Tania likes to read children’s fiction, crochet crooked rugs and sing to her chickens, who pretend to be oblivious to her talent.