Lucy Courtenay was born in Northern Ireland, went to school in Dorset and studied history at Bristol. Her chequered career included stints as a tea lady, a press officer, a singer, a porcelain dealer, a TEFL teacher and an editor, before she finally saw sense and started writing children,s books.

Despite driving a proper car these days, she misses the vintage custard-yellow camper van that used to own her. In her family, she has trouble deciding who is more handsome: her husband or her two sons. She has a cat called Crumble.

Sheena Dempsey is a children 's illustrator and author from Ireland. She has illustrated for various writers and publishers including the multi-award-winning Dave Pigeon books written by Swapna Haddow (published by Faber) and CBI nominated Billy Button, Telegram Boy written by Sally Nicholls and published by Barrington Stoke.

She also illustrated Yoga Babies, by Fearne Cotton, which was published in September 2017 by Andersen Press. Sheena lives in London with her very spotty greyhound, Sandy, and her not-very-spotty partner, Mick.