The Man From Snowy River

Elyne Mitchell (1913–2002) is Australia's much-loved author of the Silver Brumby series. Married to lawyer, and later parliamentarian, Thomas Walter Mitchell, she lived with their four children in the mountains. She was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia for services to literature in 1988 and later an Honorary Doctorate of Letters from Charles Sturt University in 1993.

Richard Aspel is a talented narrator of children's and adult audiobooks. He trained and worked in London, before returning to Australia where he has worked extensively in television, theatre and radio. His television credits include Neighbours and Carson's Law, and he provided various voices for The Silver Brumby animated series. Richard was nominated for the prestigious Audie Award (US) for his narration of The Mark of the Angel by Nancy Huston.