Sophie Masson was born in Jakarta, Indonesia, to French parents. She has spent most of her life going back and forth between Australia and France.

Sophie writes for adults, teenagers and children, she is published in Australia, the US and Italy as well as the UK. Winner of the Australian Young Adult Aurealis Science Fiction and Fantasy Award and shortlisted for many others, she has also written for stage, radio and newspapers, magazines and literary journals.

She is still fluently bilingual and frequently returns to France to visit family.

She lives in New South Wales, Australia, with her husband and three children. Sophie is the Australian correspondent for ACHUKA website

Cheryl Orsini is the much-loved illustrator of The Fairy Dancers and The Tales of Mrs Mancini. She has illustrated more than thirty children's books and her work regularly appears in magazines and exhibitions.