Press Kit
Everything you need to write about Rose Siva and her dinosaur adventure series for children.
Media Contact
Email: rose@siva.com.au
Location: Shannon, New Zealand
Availability: Rose is available for email and phone interviews.
📚 Book Week 2026
Available for interviews July–August 2026. DINOTHAW fits the NZ Book Week theme Reading Around Aotearoa (15–21 Aug); Australian titles fit the CBCA theme Symphony of Stories (22–28 Aug).
Quick Facts
- New Zealand–born author; lived in Australia from the late 1990s, now based in Shannon, NZ
- Honorary Technician, Australian Age of Dinosaurs (AAOD), Winton, Queensland
- Author of 8 dinosaur books — 6 in the current Josh & Kat chapter-book series
- Current series titles: DINOCROC, DINO BONE, DINOPAL, DINOTHAW, DINOSAURS & DRAGONS, DINOSAURS FIGHT TO SURVIVE
- Target readers: children aged 6–12 (upper primary / lower secondary)
- Every book is based on real dinosaur discoveries
- Backed by 15 years running a secondary-school reading and learning-skills education business across Australia
- Website: rosesiva.com · Author page: Amazon Author Store
Short Bio (50 words)
Rose Siva is a New Zealand children’s author whose Josh & Kat dinosaur adventure series is grounded in real palaeontological digs. An Honorary Technician at the Australian Age of Dinosaurs in Winton, Queensland, she has written six chapter books for readers aged 6–12, taking them from Antarctic ice fields to Aussie opal mines.
Long Bio (150 words)
Rose Siva was born in New Zealand, moved to Australia in the late 1990s, and now writes from Shannon, New Zealand. For 15 years she ran a successful education business delivering reading and learning-skills courses to secondary students across Australia, giving her hands-on insight into what makes young readers keep turning the page.
Her involvement with dinosaurs began in Queensland in 2008 and led to her qualifying as an Honorary Technician at the Australian Age of Dinosaurs (AAOD) in Winton, where she has spent years preparing 100-million-year-old bones. That work directly inspires her writing.
Rose has published eight dinosaur books, six of which form the current Josh & Kat chapter-book series for readers aged 6–12. Every story is anchored in real dinosaur discoveries — from Australian outback digs to opal mines to Antarctic expeditions.
“There is something about working with 100-million-year-old dinosaur bones. Firstly, the absolute privilege of being allowed to be the first person EVER to expose the bones of a dinosaur that roamed the plains of central Queensland. Then the effect of 100-million-year-old dinosaur dust on my brain…”
— Rose Siva
Author Photo
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Book Covers
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Author in Action
Event photos of Rose meeting young readers at signings and in-store appearances. Available for editorial use — click for full-size.
Sample Interview Questions
Ready-to-ask questions for journalists on a deadline:
- What’s it like being the first person ever to touch a 100-million-year-old dinosaur bone?
- How does your work as an Honorary Technician at the Australian Age of Dinosaurs feed into your storytelling?
- DINOTHAW takes young readers to Antarctica. What real palaeontology inspired that book?
- After 15 years teaching reading skills to teenagers, what have you learned about getting reluctant kids to fall in love with books?
- Which of your Josh & Kat adventures should a brand-new reader start with — and why?
More background: About Rose · Dinosaurs I Have Met (personal essay) · All Books
Rose Siva - Children's Book Author 