Vanessa Woods, is a research scientist at Duke University and an award-winning journalist who has written for publications including the New Scientist, BBC Wildlife and Australian Geographic. She also writes features for the Discovery Channel.

Alongside her award-winning children's books, she is the author of the memoirs Bonobo Handshake (2011) and It's Every Monkey for Themselves (2007).

Mic Looby is a writer, editor and illustrator. He is the author of the novel Paradise Updated (Affirm Press), a co-creator of six children's books, and a scriptwriter for television including the ABC's award-winning natural history documentary The Great Australian Fly.

A former columnist for The Big Issue magazine, Mic was also a senior digital wordsmith at The Age for many years, and a Lonely Planet guidebook writer at large. A father of two, Mic lives in Melbourne with his family and other wildlife.