J. M. Barrie (1860-1937) was fascinated by stories of his mother's life. He was determined to write, and worked on the Nottingham Journal after graduating from Edinburgh University.

In 1885 he successfully sold the Auld Licht Idylls, which were based on his mother's tales. By the time Peter Pan opened on the London stage in 1904, Barrie had written more than thirty novels and plays, such as Quality Street and The Admirable Crichton. He was created a baronet in 1913 and awarded the Order of Merit in 1922.

Kelly Breemer is an illustrator from the lovely green city Arnhem, in the Netherlands. She loves the freelance illustrator life because her work days are diverse, creative, energetic, and positive-and that fits her very well! After graduating from art school in 2012, Kelly started working in many different creative fields: children’s books, animation, typography and lettering, infographics, character design, and painting murals. Eventually Kelly found out that books were her favorite. Then she started working for Astound as an illustrator-and she feels like the projects are just as diverse, even more fun, and she's excited to start drawing again every new work day!