Sally Symes trained as a designer and has worked as a paper engineer, before she started to write her own books.

Nick and Sally have worked together on Something Beginning with Blue (9781406334630); A Boot, a Hat, Now Who Is That?(9781406340983), Whose Nose and Tail and Toes Are Those? (9781406340976) and Yawn (9781406336122). She lives in Cuckfield, Sussex with her husband, two children and a cat called Bumble.

Hanako Clulow left Japan in 1997 for Ireland, where she studied visual arts and English.

She then headed to England to explore her passion for child psychology, obtaining a BSc in psychology from the University of London in 2007.

While she was deeply fascinated by child psychology, her passion for the arts re-emerged, which led her to pursue life as an illustrator.

Her work draws upon a broad range of interests such as nature, the animal kingdom, psychology, fantasy and her native culture.