Kate Simpson grew up on a diet of Little Women, Anne of Green Gables and anything written by Enid Blyton, but it didn't occur to her to try her own hand at writing children's books until she was in her thirties. Now she's hooked, and with two small children of her own, she finds she's never short of inspiration.

As well as being a picture book author and incurable bookworm, Kate is also a co-host of the children's book podcast One More Page, where she happily spends an hour a fortnight interviewing fellow book-folk and talking all things children's books.

Andy Hardiman is an English-born creative living in Sydney, Australia. He has used his creative skills to design wallpaper, create gift cards, work in multiple advertising agencies and now illustrate his first picture book, Ouch: Tales of Gravity. He has a Masters of Art from the Royal College of Art, London.