Ruth Starke has published over forty books for young people, including the award-winning NIPS XI (currently on the Fiction for Young Readers curriculum), Noodle Pie (2008) and the Captain Congo series of graphic novels. Her latest book is An Anzac Tale (2013), a graphic novel of Gallipoli. Her book on the history of Adelaide Writers' Week, Writers, Readers and Rebels, draws on her PhD research. She was awarded the Carclew Fellowship in 2002, and currently serves as a judge for the Adelaide Festival Literature Awards (Young Adult), and sits on the Arts SA Artists Grants and Awards panels. She has twice served as a peer assessor for the Australia Council's Literature Board. She is a regular and longtime book reviewer for Australian Book Review, Viewpoint, and Radio Adelaide, and has been an editorial adviser for ABR, and a past Chair of the SA Writers Centre. She was appointed to the board of the Little Big Book Club in 2012.