Sam Taplin grew up in a beautiful valley in Yorkshire, where he dreamed of being a writer, and after three years reading other people's books at university he started writing his own for Usborne.

He's been doing it ever since. When he's not writing about lonely rabbits or inquisitive bears, he likes doing card tricks, writing songs and playing long games of chess by the fire.

Vicki Gausden loved reading as a child, and when she wasn't reading, she was drawing.

She kept drawing, and reading, and gained a BA in Illustration and an MA in design, leading to her career as an illustrator and author.

She lives on the edge of the South Downs with her two dogs, Roo and Bella.