Elizabeth Dale always dreamed of being a writer but somehow got side-tracked into studying for a physics degree, followed by health service management. When her children were born she finally returned to her dream, writing thousands of short stories for magazines all over the world. Re-discovering a love of children's books while reading to her daughters, she decided to turn her hand to writing them - and has now published over twenty books for children, including picture books and junior fiction.

Writing is her full-time job, but also her favourite activity. She also enjoys reading, gardening, walking, and being in the country. Her favourite children's books include Walk Two Moons, The Selfish Giant, Cosmic, and Someone Else's Life. She loves watching cosy sentimental films, such as You've Got Mail, Return to Me, and While You Were Sleeping, as well as classic old films starring Cary Grant, Fred Astaire and Doris Day.

Elizabeth is married, with three daughters, and lives in a village in West Sussex. Her daughters, Katie and Jenny, are also children's authors with Hachette.

Giusi Capizzi was born in Rome but raised in Sicily. She studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Catania and has completed many illustration courses for children's books.

She began drawing stories for her son and enjoyed it so much that she hasn't stopped since! Giusi has worked internationally, illustrating for education books, handbooks, and magazines.

All of her art is digital, but she also uses her graphic design skills to layout books and catalogs. In her spare time, Giusi loves to cook. Sometimes she teaches tourists Sicilian cuisine . . . Obviously, her cookbooks are filled with illustrations!