Kaz Cooke is a cartoonist, author and broadcaster. She began her career as a cadet journalist at The Age, and soon began her cartoon strip Hermoine the Modern Girl.

Kaz is perhaps best known for her non-fiction works for which she has been ‘the Number One Advisor for Australian girls and women’. These include (and are by no means limited to):

Up the Duff: The Real Guide to Pregnancy

Real Gorgeous: The Truth About Body and Beauty

Kidwrangling: Looking After Babies, Toddlers and Preschoolers

Girl Stuff: Your Full-on Guide to the Teen Years, awarded the Australian Publishers Association’s General Non-fiction Book of the Year, the Australian Booksellers Association’s Booksellers Choice Award, and an honour prize from Children‘s Book Council of Australia.

In 2013 Kaz received a Creative Fellowship from the State Libraryof Victoria to create a fashion installation, Raiment and regalia, which was a popular feature in the Library's Dome gallery exhibition.

In 2017 Kaz published Ada. Kaz has also published articles, cartoons and opinion pieces in the magazines Dolly, The Australian Women’s Weekly, Who and Cleo. She has also written for the Weekend Australian Magazine and The Canberra Times.

Related episodes:

Leigh Hobbs and Alison Lester are both other well known Australian illustrators.

About The Garret

The Garret is committed to accessibility and education. The transcript and interactive show notes of Kaz’s interview are available at www.thegarretpodcast.com/kaz-cooke.