After studying an English Literature degree in Wales, Libby set off to London to find her fortune in the wondrous world of children's books.

Now an editor at Caterpillar Books and a book review blogger at Through the Wardrobe, her days are filled with writing, reading and dreaming up new books.

Samantha Meredith graduated from Loughborough University with a BA (Hons) degree in illustration. She began her career as a designer at Usborne Publishing.

She now works as a full-time illustrator, drawing pictures all day, while drinking tea and wearing panda slippers. She is based in North London.