Jane Jolly is a primary school teacher of 35 years' experience. She has taught in Aboriginal schools, area schools and primary schools.

In 1983 she worked as a governess on Commonwealth Hill Station. She now works part time as a teacher/librarian at Eastern Fleurieu School in South Australia, teaching creative writing and literature appreciation.

Jane has had three picture books published, each earning a Notable Award from the Children's Book Council of Australia. Outside of teaching and writing her interests include organic gardening, cooking, and the plight of refugees.

Sally Heinrich is a writer, illustrator and printmaker, who has published and exhibited widely in Australia and Asia. She has illustrated more than forty books as well as writing and illustrating her own picture books, novels and non-fiction. Her commissioned artwork ranges from wine labels to a mural for the Singapore Zoo, painting a life-size baby elephant sculpture for Melbourne Zoo and community arts projects. Sally has lived in Singapore, Sydney and Darwin and is now living in Adelaide.