Anne Fine is one of Britain's most distinguished writers for both adults and children. She has twice won both the Carnegie Medal and the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year Award, as well as the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, the Smarties Prize and numerous other regional and foreign awards. She has twice been voted Children's Author of the Year. Valentina Toro was born in Medellin, Colombia. Her father is a great illustrator, and watching him draw inspired her to become an illustrator too. Valentina studied graphic design as well as Creative Writing. She started publishing her own books in 2013 and since then hasn't stopped making stories for children. She has illustrated many different picture books, and children's literature has given her the opportunity to collaborate with talented writers from other countries.