Jonathan Emmett's books have been translated into 30 languages and have won fifteen awards in Britain and the USA. He started work as an architect but left, “to become a stay-at-home dad and to try my luck as an author and paper-engineer.”

His first book, Doohickey and the Robot, was published in 1999, and now he is recognised as a leading interpreter of scientific ideas for young children.

He names Dr Seuss, Maurice Sendak and Roald Dahl as authors who made a great impression on him as a child. When he’s not writing or paper-engineering, he likes to make furniture.

Rob Hodgson is a British designer and illustrator. He is the author and illustrator of The Cave and the illustrator of An A to Z of Monsters and Magical Beings and Tattoo Time!: Monster Activities.

He lives in Bristol, England. Mike Benton is a leading paleontologist.