Michael Sedunary

Michael Sedunary taught French and Italian for many years in secondary schools. He was the co-author of the ground-breaking and highly successful Avanti! course, and went on to write or co-write a number of language courses, among them Sempre avanti!, Forza!, Ça bouge !, Ça alors !, Ayo!, Feuerwerk and Kimono.

His most recent work has been on the new Japanese course, Hai!

Marlene Schulenburg Dingle

Marlene Schulenburg Dingle, a co-author of Feuerwerk, has worked for many years as a German teacher in Victorian schools. Marlene was a LOTE consultant in the Loddon Campaspe Mallee Region and the German Project Officer in the Languages Strategy Team of the Department of Education & Training in Victoria, providing curriculum support and professional development to teachers. She has also been active as a Network leader and committee member of teacher associations. Marlene has worked on a range of initiatives to encourage the use of learning technologies in LOTE.

Pauline Rogan

Pauline Rogan, a co-author of Feuerwerk 2 and 3, is a very experienced teacher of German, currently teaching at Overnewton Anglican community College in Melbourne. She has worked at state and national levels on the development and implementation of curriculum programs for primary and post-primary learners, including the current study designs for Years 11 and 12 German. Pauline has taught German and English (ESL/EFL) in Australia, Germany and England, with a year as an International Teaching Fellow at the 'Ratsgymnasium' in Stadthagen. She has been active in AFMLTA, MLTAV and AGTV, conducting professional development sessions at conferences and contributing to publications and projects. Pauline is author of Katzensprung.

Frauke Hoffmann

Frauke Hoffmann, a native speaker of German and co-author of Feuerwerk 2, has taught German in state and private schools in Australia. She studied Teaching German as a Foreign Language at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich, and taught in Murnau. She most recently taught Years 7 to 12 at Ballarat and Clarendon College. Frauke is also a contributing author to Katzensprung.