John Robert Allman lives in New York City, where is works in marketing for television and theater.

He is a graduate of Northwestern University, New York University's Stern School of Business, and BMI's Musical Theatre Workshop.

He saw his first Broadway show - Annie Get Your Gun, starring Bernadette Peters - when he was nine.

Rachael Dean is a UK based freelance illustrator, who lives on the coast near Liverpool. She studied Graphic Design and Illustration at Liverpool John Moore's University, and graduated in 2017 with a First Class Honours degree. Rachael works traditionally painting images which are vivid and bold. She has a penchant for pattern but her real passion lies in the outdoors and travelling.

She loves to gather inspiration from beautiful scenes of nature, which is often reflected in her work. Rachael's clients include Andersen Press, Chicken House, Nosy Crow, Egmont, Puffin and Penguin Random House US.