Heart of the Dreaming

Di Morrissey is one of Australia's bestselling international novelists. She trained as a journalist with Australian Consolidated Press, became Women's Editor for The Daily Mail Group in London and worked as a creative copywriter for Ogilvy and Mather Advertising. She had her own television program in the United States on CBS and was a regular presenter on Australian television. In addition to radio broadcasting, she has written for TV, film and theatre. Di is Australia's most popular woman novelist. She is the author of more than fifteen consecutive bestselling novels and lives in Byron Bay.

Natalie Bate, a graduate of NIDA, has played leading roles in theatre companies across Australia, and won the Critics Circle Actress of the Year Award for her lead performance in Mary Bames. Natalie has been involved in producing and narrating the soundtrack for the Myer Christmas windows and David Jones.