Lou Kuenzler was raised on a remote farm on the edge of Dartmoor, before moving to Northern Ireland to study theatre.

She went on to work professionally as a theatre director, university lecturer and workshop leader in communities, schools and colleges, before turning her hand to writing a few years ago.

Shadow Snatcher is her second title for A & C Black.

Dan Taylor has always had a passion for illustration and, since graduating with an illustration degree, has been working for many years as a freelance artist.

Dan works in a number of different forms, including traditional painting techniques combined with digital. He drinks tea by the gallon and lives with a mischievous little dog called Bertie.

His other titles for Campbell include Alice in Wonderland: First Sticker Activity Book, Beauty and the Beast, Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty, also in the First Stories series.