Smriti Halls is an award-winning, critically acclaimed children's author. Since publication of her first picture book in 2012, she has had a US number 1 bestseller and been published in more than 30 languages. Several of her books have been nominated and shortlisted for national awards. Smriti has been a judge for several awards and prizes, including the Stratford Salariya Prize, Faber's FAB Award and the Booktrust Lifetime Achievement Award. She was BookTrust's Writer in Residence. South Indian by birth, British by nationality and London-loving by heart, Smriti lives near Richmond Park with her husband and their three sons, reading, writing and eating iced buns. Katherina Manolessou is a London-based illustrator, printmaker and lecturer. Her children's books have been co-editioned in 16 different countries.

Katherina's work includes commercial illustration commissions, as well as personal projects such as artist's books and limited edition prints. She is currently senior lecturer on the MA in Children's Book Illustration at Cambridge School of Art.