Cassandra Thorburn

Cassandra Thorburn (born 16 March 1971) is an Australian children's author.

Early life Thorburn's father was regional Victorian media personality and councillor Max Thorburn, who died at the age of 72 on 18 October 2018.

Career In 2018, Thorburn published a children's book that she and her friend Cara Campbell co-authored called Leo Lion's Big Bed!.

Thorburn lists Australian children's author Mem Fox as an inspiration, who was one of Thorburn's tutors at university. Together, they have three children.

Thorburn and Stefanovic's divorce, and Stefanovic's new relationship with, and subsequent marriage to, Jasmine Yarbrough attracted widespread coverage in the Australian tabloid media. Thorburn has been critical of the media coverage of her divorce from Stefanovic, and accused a paparazzi photographer of following her to Hamilton Island, and following her mother in Mildura. She also accused tabloid magazine New Idea of publishing a fake interview, which Thorburn said never occurred.