Sarah Phillips trained as an English language teacher at the Bell School, Norwich, and took her MA in English Language Teaching at Edinburgh University. She has held various teaching posts in Europe and has taught on primary teacher training courses with Norwich Institute of Language Education. She has worked with the Regional Government of Galicia to prepare training courses and materials for teachers of English. Michaela Morgan is the author of over a hundred books for children. These include poetry, picture books, infant and junior fiction. She is also a major contributor to several educational schemes including The Oxford Reading Tree and is co-author of Harraps Junior English language course for children. Mary Slattery is a teacher and freelance teacher trainer. She began her career in the 1970s teaching English and Spanish in Dublin, Ireland.

In the 1980s she started to teach English as a foreign language. She has taught children and adults at all levels and has written articles on various aspects of teaching.