About Stick Your Neck Out | Stick Your Neck Out - Children's book by Leigh Hay. Two Giraffes & a Black Hole that Sucks

Leigh Hay - Author

Leigh Hay is a freelance writer and editor. Co-author of the best selling Mind Your Mind: Rational thinking strategies for children, Leigh is also a former ASG May Gibbs Nutcote Fellowship Writer-in-Residence. An award winning poet, Leigh’s work has been published in a number of Australian anthologies.

Stick Your Neck Out started life as spontaneous words on paper until illustrator Andrew McKenzie introduced two giraffes. After that, the story glowed. Leigh hopes that Stick Your Neck Out will inspire many glitter gumboot days for countless people.

Andrew McKenzie - Illustrator

Andrew McKenzie. First time illustrator, long-time drawer. For as long as he can remember Andrew has been scribbling away – even when he was supposed to be paying attention in class or was bored in a business meeting. “Doodling is great. Thank God for paper and pens!”

Andrew dedicates this book to his three children Amber, Aaron and Benjamin.

Brent Grimes - Graphic Designer

Brent Grimes is both a graphic designer and long time book lover. After many years reading stories of ﬁghter pilots, talking animals, spaceships and dragons, it is his pleasure to be a part of bringing Geoffrey’s story to you.