The Lost Loot of Lima

Melissa Wray is an Australian author who lives on the Bellarine Peninsula with her husband and two children and enjoys walks along the beach. She grew up near a cozy little library where she spent most of her younger years reading. Melissa is passionate about education, particularly literacy, and believes the ability to read and write gives power to change. Her novels include The Ruby Locket and Destiny Road. Melissa’s writing has also won honorable mentions and was featured in several anthologies. Melissa loves to travel and has seen some incredible places including America, Egypt, Italy, and Africa. She has also travelled closer to home and visited every Australian state and territory. Her bucket list is still long, both home and abroad! Melissa enjoys writing fiction with snippets of fact blended within her work. Her style is constantly evolving and she is looking forward to sharing her stories and spending time creating new ones. Melissa believes everyone should Dream Big... Read Often.

Born and raised in Australia, Alec Shea has grown up with music his whole life. After years of learning classical piano, music theory, and electric guitar, he began composing his own music. After discovering the world of digital audio in high school and moving on to complete a Bachelor of Audio Engineering and Sound Production at the JMC academy, he began working as a freelance composer, sound designer, and voice actor. Alec has composed pieces for game, animation, and film soundtracks, live orchestras, string quartets, rock bands, solo piano, musical theatre, pop singers, and various other forms and styles of music.