Rachel Moss is associate professor of the history of art at Trinity College Dublin, where the Book of Durrow is held.

She is a specialist in the art of early medieval Ireland and has published widely on the subject, including Art and Architecture of Ireland: Medieval, c. 400-c. 1600 (2014).

Rachel Elliot has been writing stories all her life, and her first book was published in 2004.

Since then she has written lots of books for children.

She works as a freelance writer and editor, and lives in Devon with her husband and two daughters.