As a former researcher and writer for the Financial Times, Sibéal Pounder has interviewed everyone from designer Vivienne Westwood to director Sam Taylor-Wood.

Now she writes about fabulous witches and feisty fairies in her debut series, Witch Wars. She also tutors children who want to get into the media industry, helping them to develop articles and documentary shorts and teaching them how to put together magazines.

Sibéal has a degree in History, a masters in Publishing and recently completed the Faber Academy's Writing for Children course. Sibéal's first book, Witch Wars, was shor tlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2016.

Jason Cockcroft was born in Auckland, New Zealand. When he was a baby his family returned to the UK. He graduated from Falmouth School of Art and has illustrated over 40 children's books since. His books include How to Look After Your Dinosaur, Amazing Animal Journeys by Chris Packham, and the Bad Mermaid series by Sibeal Pounder. He has been nominated for the Kate Greenaway award and won the inaugural Blue Peter Book Award for his work on Geraldine McCaughrean’s retelling of A Pilgrim’s Progress. Jason lives in West Yorkshire.