Elli Woollard turned to writing after an embarrassing incident in which her youngest son broke Michael Rosen's glasses.

She is now the author of several books, including The Giant of Jum, The Dragon and the Nibblesome Knight, The Great Gran Plan, Dinosaurs Don't Draw, The Adventures of Swashbuckle Lil and a rhyming re-told edition of Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories. 

From a young age Benji was invariably to be found drawing and painting at the kitchen table, a scene which is often repeated to this day.

He is the prize-winning illustrator of all the Bizzy Bear books and apps, as well as a number of recent picture books, including The Storm Whale, and Grandad's Island. Benji lives in east London.