Toon Tellegen is a Dutch writer and poet. He published his first collection of stories for children in 1984 and has published more than twenty collections of poetry to date.

In 2001, his book Raptors (Raafvogels), translated into English by Judith Wilkinson, won the British Poetry Society's Popescu Prize for European Poetry in Translation. Tellegen was also awarded the Theo Thijssen Prize and the Constantijn Huygens Prize for his entire ouvre.

Jessica Ahlberg, daughter of the acclaimed author-illustrator team Janet and Allen Ahlberg, studied at Winchester School of Art and has illustrated several books for children. She lives in Brighton, England.