Katie Dale had her first poem 'The Fate of The School Hamster' published in The Cadbury's Book of Children's Poetry, aged 8 and hasn't stopped writing since.

On graduating, she went travelling through South-East Asia - only to discover whilst in a Vietnam internet cafe that she was a winner of the SCBWI 2008 Undiscovered Voices competition.

Dean Gray was born in Roehampton and currently based in South London.

He studied Graphic Design and takes a lot of inspiration from watching films, animations, browsing the Internet, collecting vinyl toys, kawaii culture and science fiction.

He has a character-driven approach to his work and is passionate about storytelling. The Ugly Duckling is his first book for Campbell.