Em Bruce is a children's writer and editor based in Sydney, Australia. She is the author of over 50 published fiction and non-fiction titles, including puzzle books, activity books, early concepts board books, fairy tale retellings and picture books. Her rhyming Indigenous Discovery series celebrating the native flora and fauna of Australia won the Primary Teaching Resource award at the Educational Publishing Awards Australia in 2022, and the 'Australian Animals' title from this series was named a CBCA Early Childhood Book of the Year Notable book in 2023.