Mandy Ord

Mandy Ord is a Naarm (Melbourne) based cartoonist with a long history of self publishing. Her book When One Person Dies The Whole World Is Over published by Brow Books was longlisted for The Stella Prize in 2020 and shortlisted for the Small Press Book Network Book of the Year. Her first illustrated children’s book Chalk Boy, published by Allen & Unwin and written by Margaret Wild was shortlisted for Picture Book of the Year in 2019 by the Children’s Book Council of Australia. She is also the author of Rooftops, Sensitive Creatures, Bulk Nuts and Sassy. A French edition of Rooftops (Sur Les Toits) was published by The Hoochie Coochie in 2021 and Sensitive Creatures (Créatures Sensibles) in 2026.