Today's guest enjoys exploring themes of being Australian, Muslim, and little bit mischievous. She grew up in Western Australia with six siblings, so there was always plenty of adventure and stories to draw on. She went on to be a journalist, a primary school teacher and later a mum, where more stories grew, until one day she thought maybe she could put these funny stories together.

Today, she is the author of Huda and me and Huda was here.

She's popped in today to share her author journey, offer up some tips for aspiring authors and talk all about her awesome books. Everybody please welcome, Huda Hayek.