Rachel Williams is a children's book publisher and author, based in London.

Her last book, Slow Down, published the week the pandemic began and sold over one million copies around the world.

She has written many award-winning books for children, including The Atlas of Adventures and Illuminature. She lives with her husband and two children and is also one of the founders of Magic Cat.

Freya Hartas is a UK based illustrator of children's books. She graduated from Falmouth University with a first class honors in BA illustration in 2014. The same year, she won the international Lemniscaat illustration Award which resulted in the publication of Little Kong, her first stand-alone picture book. In 2012 Freya Hartas won the Roald Dahl Funny Prize.