JACKIE MORRIS is an author and illustrator, photographer and painter. She lives in a small house beside the sea in St. David's, Wales. Her many books include Tell Me a Dragon; The Snow Leopard; The Wild Swans and Ted Hughes's How the Whale Became. Jackie Morris is the illustrator of The Lost Words, by Robert Macfarlane (UK Bookscan: 50,000), to be published in North America in 2018 by House of Anansi.She has a lively presence on social media and progress of her work can be followed on her blog: www.jackiemorris.co.

uk. JAMES MAYHEW is an author, artist and storyteller whose books reflect his passionate advocacy of the arts for young children. His imaginative Katie series invites readers to step inside famous paintings, Ella Bella Ballerina explores classic ballets, and other works feature folk tales and stories from opera and Shakespeare. James Mayhew lives in Baldock, Hertfordshire.