Jeanne Willis was born in St Albans, Herts, in 1959. As a young girl she sought adventures though writing comic strips and books.

After completing a copywriting course at Watford Art College she went on to work in advertising. Today, Jeanne is an internationally renowned, full-time writer and has published over a hundred books ranging from picture books including The Bog Baby and Who's in the Loo?, to YA, poetry and fiction.

She has won several awards, including the Children's Book Award, the Silver Smarties Prize and has also been shortlisted for the Whitbread Award.

Jon Scieszka’s books have sold more than 11 million copies. He is the author of The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales, The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs, the Time Warp Trio series, the Spaceheadz series, and most recently, Battle Bunny, coauthored by Mac Barnett.

In 2008, Scieszka was named the inaugural National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature by the Library of Congress. He is also the founder of Guys Read, a web-based literacy program for boys. Scieszka lives in Brooklyn, New York.