Tania McCartney

Tania is an award-winning author of adult non-fiction and children’s books.
She is the creator of the Riley the Little Aviator series of travelogue picture books. Her latest Riley book – Riley and the Jumpy Kangaroo: A journey around Canberra – was the ACT Government’s official gift to welcome little Princess Charlotte of Cambridge.
Her latest books include This is Captain Cook, Australian Kids Through the Years and Smile Cry.
An ambassador for the National Year of Reading (2012) and an ambassador for the ACT Chief Minister’s Reading Challenge (2016), Tania is passionate about juvenile literacy. Tania is an inclusive and interactive speaker, and her presentations and workshops include story writing and history for children, and publishing, marketing and author/book promotion for adults.