Dianne Hofmeyr grew up on the tip of Southern Africa. She has written teenage novels and picture books, and has won the M-Net Award for fiction.

Her other works include The Faraway Island, The Star Bearer and The Magic Bojabi Tree.

Of his work, Piet Grobler says, "I simply tell stories with my paintings". But it is a magical simplicity, rich in suggestion and resonance. He has illustrated many highly acclaimed books, most recently the anthology of African stories with Beverley Naidoo, Who is King?, and is the recipient of many international awards, including the Golden Apple at the Bratislava Biennale for Illustration and a Silver Medal in the Japanese Noma Concours. Piet Grobler lives in South Africa.