Danny Katz is a newspaper columnist for The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald, and is famous for his larger-than-life characters.

He is the author of The Modern Guru column in the Saturday magazine (he swears those letters are real and he does not make them up).

Mitch Vane has had a long career as an illustrator and artist. Based in Melbourne, she works in a variety of mediums, but is at her happiest creating quirky humorous characters with her beloved dip pen and Indian ink .

Mitch currently divides her time between illustrating children's books and developing painting projects of her own. She also does various workshops and appearances at bookshops, libraries and schools throughout the year.