Christopher Cheng is an award-winning children's author. He has written historical fiction, narrative non-fiction and many picture books for children that are published in Australia and Internationally; these include the novel New Gold Mountain, and the picture books One Tree (2019), The Imagineer (2021), Wombat (2021) and Old Fellow (2022). A former primary school teacher Christopher is a full time writer and holds a Master of Arts in Children’s Literature. In 2009 he was honoured to receive the Lady Cutler Award, for Distinguished Service to Children’s Literature. He is Co-Chair of the International Advisory Council for the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) a recipient of the SCBWI Member of the Year (2010) and he created the international peer voted Crystal Kite Award. He is also an Ambassador for the National Centre of Australian Children’s Literature (NCACL). Christopher is a highly experienced speaker presenting his passion for children's books and for writing at schools, conferences and festivals around the world to people of all ages.

His critically acclaimed title, Bear and Rat (2021) also published in the USA as ‘Will We Always Hold Hands?’ and described by Kirkus Reviews as Simultaneously quietly soothing yet deeply empowering—a friendship tale for the ages, is published in many countries worldwide. It is a loving tribute to his best friend, his wife, Bini.

Christopher lives in an inner-city Sydney terrace and is often heard to say that he has the best job in the world.