Clare Atkins is an Australian writer, scriptwriter, script editor and producer. She has a teaching degree and runs workshops about scriptwriting and creative writing in general. She has worked as a scriptwriter for many successful television series including All Saints, Home and Away, Winners and Losers and Wonderland. Nona and Me is her first book. She was awarded an Honour Book at the 2015 Children's Book Council of Australia Awards in the Older Reader Category with her title Nona and Me. That same title was awarded the Chief Minister's Book of the Year, from The Territory Read Awards 2016.