Ruth Symons is the author of several children's books, including A Year in the Wild, Christmas Lights, the Paper World series and the Sophie la girafe board books.

When she's not writing and editing, Ruth loves gardening, hiking and hosting elaborate teddy bear tea parties with her young daughter.

Graham Carter is an artist and print-maker who has been at the forefront of his industry for the last 16 years.

As well as working in commercial illustration, with his work appearing in publications such as The Guardian and The Sunday Times, Graham is also a prolific printmaker with clients around the world.

In recent years Graham has also worked as a Director with Animation Studio Ticktockrobot developing a variety of personal projects as well as commercial animations for a host of clients.

Graham currently lives in Seaford with his wife Alice, son Noah and Mr Bojangles the cat. He can often be found printing, sketching and making a mess in his studio in Brighton.