By the time she hit her teens, Susie Bower had lived in 8 houses and attended 7 schools. This theme continued in her working life: she's been a teacher, a tour-guide, a typist, a workshop facilitator, a PA and a painter.

She formerly wrote and directed TV programmes for children at the BBC and Channel 4, for which she won a BAFTA Award, and she currently writes audio scripts. School for Nobodies is her debut novel. Susie lives in Bristol.

Francesca Gambatesa is a children's book illustrator and animation designer who was born in Beirut. She has lived in Rome, Istanbul and London.

She has worked with many publishers including Egmont, HarperCollins, Penguin Random House Young Readers, Usborne and also companies such as the BBC and Greenpeace.