Paula Metcalf has been writing and illustrating for a very long time. Her parents still own an early original illustrated poem, the short but pithy ‘Pin In Tin’ (age 4).

She went on to study illustration at degree and MA level at the Cambridge School of Art. She is currently a visiting lecturer on the Children’s Book Illustration MA there, and she was the first illustrator-in-residence at the Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre.

Cally Johnson-Isaacs has loved to draw ever since she first picked up a crayon. After graduating in Illustration from Newcastle Art College, Cally spent a few years illustrating greetings cards before becoming a freelance illustrator.

She now works from her home studio where she has a lovely view of the Northumberland countryside and is kept company by Jasper the dog. Cally is the illustrator of Rabbits Don't Lay Eggs! and the Mimi's Magical Fairy Friends series for Macmillan Children's Books.