Clare Helen Welsh is a childrens book author who lives in Devon with her husband and two children.

In 2013 Clare won the The Margaret Carey Scholarship for Picture book Writers and in 2014 she received the silver medal at The Greenhouse Funny Prize for her debut picture book Aerodynamics of Biscuits.

She teaches primary school and has over ten years experience in Early Years and Key Stage One education.

Fiona Lumbers has drawn on anything and everything from an early age and always insisted she would be an artist when she grew up. She moved to London in 2000 to study for an MA in Painting at the Royal College of Art.

A combination of her obsession with picture books and the arrival of her first son led her down the path of illustration and she hasn't looked back since.