Alison Ritchie works as a freelance editor and writer and has published several children’s books.  She lives in a village in Oxfordshire with her two children and dog.

Mike Byrne grew up on the Wirral near Liverpool before moving to Wales to study Illustration at Glyndwr University. Mike now lives in the countryside with his wife, cat, and two baby sons where he spends his days doodling and illustrating children’s books fueled only by tea and biscuits.