Lisa Hathorn

Lisa Hathorn is a writer, producer, creator and digital media pioneer.  

 Lisa began her career in television producing ​T​he Big Breakfast for the Seven Network in ​Queensland. She later became Executive Producer for Seven’s ​online and ​New Media ​​Division, where she designed and launched the Seven Network’s national digital presence, with oversight of the network’s entertainment​ and Seven​ News​ ​properties. 

With an unstoppable passion for digital innovation, Lisa delivered Australia’s first hybrid integrated broadcast and online programming. Her ground-breaking Home & Away project saw broadcast episodes linked with online-only and bridging scenes, an Australian television first. 

Lisa left network television to develop her own projects, including a range of writing and production projects.

Her first children’s book, No! Never! was the 2021 Children’s Book Council of Australia’s Early Childhood Book of the Year. No! Never! has also won many other commendations and awards: shortlisted for the Panda Awards (international schools Asia); shortlisted KOALA and YABBA and KROC children’s choice awards; winner of the Society of Women Writers’ Awards 2022.

 Lisa is a passionate advocate for children’s reading and writing through tactile as well as digital media. She sees poetry as crucial for intellectual and emotional development, as does her writer mother Libby Hathorn whom she attests to as a major influence. Lisa can often be found speaking at schools, libraries and wherever good books are sold.

She lives by the sea with her two girls where she enjoys her craft, currently working on two picture books.