Corrinne Averiss is a TV producer who has worked for Ragdoll, CiTV, CBeebies, Cosgrove Hall and her own company, Stitchy Feet.

Her debut picture book title, A Dot in the Snow has sold in the USA, Netherlands, Belgium, Japan and China.

Floss is the Playground Boss, illustrated by Sam Usher and The Boy on the Bench, illustrated by Gabriel Alborozo, will publish 2018.

Rosalind Beardshaw is the illustrator of Just Right for Christmas, Just Right for Two, The Fairiest Fairy, Box, Warthog, National Trust: A Walk in the Countryside series, The Christmas Fairy and I Love You.

She has illustrated many picture books for children including Mole's in Love, written by David Bedford, A Tale of Two Goats by Tom Barber and Lulu Loves the Library by Anna McQuinn. She has also illustrated a couple of her own stories: Grandma's Beach and Grandpa's Surprise.

She loves creating new characters, especially if they can be based loosely/wholly on her shaggy lurcher, Basil. She lives in York with her partner, Al, daughter, Iris, and young son, Freddie, who loves watching Calamity Jane. Who knows what Doris Day's influence will be...?