Rebecca Lim is an Australian writer, illustrator and editor and the author of over twenty books, including 'Tiger Daughter' (a Kirkus, Amazon and Booklist Best Book, CBCA Book of the Year: Older Readers and Victorian Premier’s Literary Award-winner) and 'Two Sparrowhawks in a Lonely Sky' (a NSW History Award-winner). 

Her work has been twice shortlisted for the NSW Premier’s Literary Awards and Margaret and Colin Roderick Literary Award, shortlisted for the Queensland Literary Awards and ARA Historical Novel Prize, shortlisted multiple times for the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards, Aurealis Awards and Davitt Awards, and longlisted for the Gold Inky Award and the David Gemmell Legend Award.

If you could have dinner with any historical figure, who would it be and why?

Mozart - because, hello, madcap genius.