Sally Symes trained as a designer and has worked as a paper engineer, before she started to write her own books.

Nick and Sally have worked together on Something Beginning with Blue (9781406334630); A Boot, a Hat, Now Who Is That?(9781406340983), Whose Nose and Tail and Toes Are Those? (9781406340976) and Yawn (9781406336122). She lives in Cuckfield, Sussex with her husband, two children and a cat called Bumble.

STEPHANIE WARREN DRIMMER is a prolific writer for National Geographic Kids magazine and has written several books for Nat Geo Kids, including Ultimate Book of the Future; Beneath the Waves; Hey, Baby!; The Book of Heroines; and Mastermind.

Kate Slater grew up on a beautiful farm in deepest Staffordshire, and studied illustration at Kingston University.

Her children’s books include A is for Ant, The Birthday Crown, The Little Red Hen, ABC London, Magpie’s Treasure, Make Your Own Birds of Prey and Make your Own Flying Machines.

Alongside work for publishing, editorial and advertising, she has created several large-scale installations and window displays.