Today's guest is a book industry icon in Australia and around the world.

Emily Rodda has won the Children's Book Council of Australia's Book of the Year for Younger Readers Award a record six times and has been awarded a Companion of the Order of Australia for her services to Australian literature.

Her children's series Deltora Quest has sold over 18 million copies worldwide and she's dropped by today to tell us all about her new series as well as to share her journey and offer up a few writing tips.