I hope the information which follows answers a few, if not most of your questions. You tend to lose count after a while. A list of my publications appears at the end of this information.
Artists can pick and choose the books they want to illustrate.
If they don't like my stories I have to grin and bear it, because there isn't much I can do about it. I don't, the publisher does. I guess the most important one was when Possum Magic won the prize for the Best Children's Book in the 1984 N.S.W. Premier's Literary Awards . From seven minutes to five years. Koala Lou , for example, took two years although it's only a single typed page.