About the Author

Reading is dreaming 

with your eyes wide open

Christine Titheradge an Australian author who lives on the outskirts of Brisbane. She is a young retired stay at home NanMa who loves to write entertaining picture books with stories that come bursting from the pages. Her Grandies and all children she meets are her inspiration. Her speciality, is Bear Hugs.

She is also a Workplace Health & Safety Officer and understands the importance of hygiene which ties in perfectly with her first book Sneezes. She is also an accredited coach for junior, adult and disabilities outdoor and indoor Cricket, Tenpin Bowling and Squash. She knows, a fun element while reading or teaching helps to keep a child’s interest in the subject matter.  She is a jack of all trades and her life experiences are vast and loves to keep in touch with the changing world.

She is the author of Two Fantasy YA published short stories and one adult crime short story written under the Pen Name Chris Radge. She has another two adult short stories being published in 2020.

Her passion for writing picture books began six years ago and has since won a scholarship to help with this process. Her goal is to create a sense of fun for the child listening and to create stories parents, teachers and grandparents would want to pick up and enjoy reading themselves.