Felicita is a self-taught illustrator and painter. She graduated in Philosophy from the University of Western Australia. She has illustrated many picture books, as well as a huge amount of illustrated food for magazines and newspapers, and has also worked on papercut stop motion animations.

As a child she was a super picky eater, but now loves to eat and cook as many different foods from all around the world. Some of her favourite foods include thai green curry, bitter broccoli from Naples and Nutella.

She loves to travel and can speak four languages, but wishes she could speak Japanese. Felicita lives in Rome with her husband and their daughter Nina, whose favourite food is Green Rice.

Michael Morpurgo has an unparalleled reputation as a children's storyteller. He was Children's Laureate from 2003 to 2005, has written over 100 books and is the winner of many awards, including the Whitbread Children's Book Award, the Smarties Book Prize, the Blue Peter Award and the Red House Children's Book Award.

His books are translated and read around the world and his hugely popular novel War Horse is now both a critically acclaimed stage play and a highly successful film. Michael and his wife, Clare, live in Devon.