Bestselling author Christopher Lloyd began his career as a journalist with the Sunday Times newspaper. Then, while camping with his family, he had a critical realisation: even with a 1st class degree in history from Cambridge University and experience as a science writer, there was so much about the world he didn’t know.

So, he set out to write books that zoom out and tell the big stories, opening readers’ eyes to how seemingly unrelated events fit together and showing them multiple perspectives on the world, all in highly engaging prose and matched with lively illustration and photography.

Now, with several books in print, including the bestselling What on Earth Happened? and Absolutely Everything, Chris divides his time between writing books and delivering lectures and workshops to schools, literary festivals, and a wide range of other venues around the world. He lives in Tonbridge, Kent, UK, with his wife and two adorable terriers.

Barry Falls grew up in rural Northern Ireland. His work has appeared in magazines, books, exhibitions, on textiles and homeware, and in advertising campaigns around the world. His first book, It's Your World Now! was published in 2019.

Luisa Uribe is an illustrator and designer of children's media. Her art has been selected for Iberoamerica Ilustra, a catalog showcasing the best work by Spanish-speaking illustrators. In 2018 she was awarded the SOI Dilys Evans Founder's Award for The Vast Wonder of the World. She lives in Bogota, Colombia with her partner and cat.

Poonam Mistry is a UK-based freelance illustrator with a degree in graphic design and illustration.

Her work is heavily influenced by nature, folklore, and traditional Indian art.

Poonam creates artwork for advertising, packaging, and greeting cards.

Mehrdokht Amini is the illustrator of Golden Domes and Silver Lanterns: A Muslim Book of Colors, Chicken in the Kitchen, Yo Soy Muslim, and other books for children. For Crescent Moons and Pointed Minarets, she was inspired by the idea of bringing classical elements of Islamic art into a modern setting. She grew up in Iran and now lives in Surrey, England.

Sydney Smith has illustrated multiple children’s books, including Small in the City, Town Is by the Sea, the winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal, The White Cat and the Monk, written by Jo Ellen Bogart, and the acclaimed Footpath Flowers, which was a New York Times Children’s Book of the Year and a winner of the Governor General Award for Illustration.

Born in Nova Scotia in Canada, Sydney now lives in Toronto with his wife and son.

Nick Hayes works as both an author and illustrator, and can convey an incredible amount of emotional context with a few very expressive images. Quiet and spare or bold and busy, all of his work comes across as thoughtful and sensitive. Nick specialises in providing lino prints, conceptual work and traditional illustrations for the children's publishing, newspaper and magazine industries.

Owen Davey is a freelance illustrator, living & working out of Leicester, UK. He graduated with a First Class BA(Hons) Degree in Illustration from Falmouth University.

Davey's work has been published in every continent except Antarctica, including picture books in UK, America, Australia, Germany, France, Portugal, China & Korea.

He has also worked for some impressive clients including the New York Times, Microsoft and Orange.