GABBY DAWNAY is an award-winning author of children's books, a regular contributor to OKIDO magazine, and a scriptwriter for children's television. Her best-selling 'If I had a. ' picture book series been translated into more than 20 languages. LARS VAN DE GOOR was born in 1964 on a houseboat in the middle of lush farmland, and here he grew up being part of the nature that surrounded him. His first passion was music, and he started to work as a photographer in 2007. Influenced by romantic landscape painters, Lars's main source of inspiration comes from the mysterious encounter of nature and light, and the main theme of his work is trees. These he respectfully depicts in their old power and timeless energy. Lars won the Hasselblad Master Awards in the landscape nature category, and the prestigious Trierenberg Super Circuit, and his work is beloved by collectors all over the world.

Through the Fairy Door is his first book for children. GIULIA TOMAI is a freelance illustrator based in Rome, Italy. Her work has been awarded, selected and exhibited by the Society of Illustrators New York, the American Illustration, the Bologna Children Books Fair, the Shanghai International Children Books Fair and 3X3 magazine.