Frances Stickley grew up in Nottingham and Norwich, where she spent much of her time making up poems and dressing up her dog. She is a trained children's literacy specialist and a primary school teacher who is happiest when she is covered in paint or stuck in a book.

In 2017, Frances was the winner of the Bloomsbury and National literacy trust short story prize 2017. She lives with her family and a big-eared dog called Babbage. When she is not writing, you'll probably find her in a forest playing dragons with her daughters.

Eamonn O'Neill studied animation at the National Film School, Dublin and at the Royal College of Art in London.

He has been working in animation for ten years, designing and directing. Not a Cat in Sight is his first picture book. He lives in Co. Wicklow, Ireland.