Idiot Pride

Matt Zurbo is the author of Idiot Pride and a number of picture books. Idiot Pride was shortlisted for the 1998 Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year for Older Readers Award, was highly commended in the Australian IBBY (International Board on Books for Young People) Award for Literature for Children and Young People 2000, and was shortlisted for the WA Young Readers Book Award (WAYRA) in 2000.

Dino Marnika studied drama and teaching in Melbourne and London before embarking on an acting career. He has appeared in theatre productions such as Romeo and Juliet and Solitary Animals. Dino has also appeared in many of Australia's most popular television productions including Blue Heelers, Good Guys, Bad Guys, State Coroner and Neighbours.