Caryl is a full-time children's writer, who also runs creative workshops with local schools.

Her first picture book, Don't Dip Your Chips in Your Drink, Kate! won two regional awards, and was shortlisted for a third. Her Princess series, illustrated by Sarah Warburton, has sold over 200,000 copies worldwide.

She lives in the Peak District with her guitar-playing husband, two cheeky daughters, one extremely fluffy black cat, a goldfish, four hens and a dog called Roo.

As well as writing, Caryl loves walking in the hills, swimming, snuggling, baking, weeding, running, sleeping, chatting, and sitting in cafes.

Lauren Tobia graduated from the University of the West of England with a degree in Illustration and was highly commended in the Macmillan Children's Book Prize.

She is the illustrator of Baby’s Got the Blues by Carol Diggory Shields, and the highly successful Anna Hibiscus picture books written by Atinuke.

Lauren lives in Bristol with her husband and their two Jack Russell terriers, Poppy and Tilly.