Lou Kuenzler was raised on a remote farm on the edge of Dartmoor, before moving to Northern Ireland to study theatre.

She went on to work professionally as a theatre director, university lecturer and workshop leader in communities, schools and colleges, before turning her hand to writing a few years ago.

Shadow Snatcher is her second title for A & C Black.

Even as a child, Isabella Grott had an inclination for drawing and painting, that made her enroll and graduate at the art institute in Trento (Italy). After that, she moved to Florence where she currently lives and where she obtained a BA in graphics at the Accademia di Belle Arti.

Afterwards, she also graduated at the Nemo Academy of digital arts. During the years, she has participated to various workshops with international artists, which helped and encouraged her in a continuous quest within the illustration field. She has been selected for an exhibition at the Pisa Book Festival.

She collaborates with various publishers to create illustrated books, on paper and digital, and she teaches at the Nemo Academy in Florence.